There will not be war as long as the American people are fed up with this kind of imperialistic nonsense.
Iran only wants nukes because the IUS keeps making noise about invading them. Guess what? Any nation with nukes gets treated with a lot more respect for it sovereignty.
Who wouldn't want them?
The Iranians are not stupid. They would not start tossing nukes around because they know both Israel and the US have more than enough to slag their entire population in 20 minutes time.
This knowledge is why NOBODY uses nukes. Not one nation WITH nuclear capabilities is a problem on the world stage. Nuclear weapons keep your neighbors in their own yard... stabilize your
Iran is not a THREAT... its an opportunity... while we are busy sewing discord, dissent and divisiveness everywhere we go... the Iranians are actually the only working democracy in the islamic world.
Engagement and trade is the path to a more cooperative world.
It worked with Red China.... its working with Korea....it will work with Iran.
Sheesh...the infuriating thing is that this is all elementary Game theory... somthing the govenrment has spent billions of dollars figuring out.
Its not a notion, nor something we ought to "try out".... it is a proven strategy that underlies ALL human society.
1) Iran's nuclear program is at least 20 years old. That is long before the current wave of hostilities began and the words regime change were ever uttered. Iran's nuclear ambitions have more to do with national pride and the perhaps the ability to stand toe to toe with Israel than defense against the US. Sorry but not everything in the world can be blamed on the US.
2) Not all nations that have nukes are treated with more respect. Pakistan is case on point. It has been treated far worse by the international community since it tested its nuclear weapons. (and rightfully so)
3) You assume that the Iranian leadership follows the same form of logic you do. Religious fundamentalists who believe they are on a mission from God tend to have a logic all their own. Though I tend to agree that they are unlikely to just suddenly start nuking people out of the blue.
4) Please rethink the notion that nuclear weapons stabilizes a nation that possesses them and causes stabilization in the region. That is reverse causation. Historically, it is only powerful nations, that are stable in the first place, that gain them. North Korea proves the fallacy in your thinking. No one bothered the DPRK for decades (if they wanted to live in their own little paranoid Stalinistic society, everyone was happy to let them, no matter how much they tried to provoke their neighbors) until the issue of the nuclear weapons program came to light in the early 90's. Tensions and regional instability have only increased due to the North Koreans wanting nuclear weapons.
5) Pakistan is a great example of a nation with nuclear weapons attacking another nation with nuclear weapons (India). Look up the Kargil War. Nuclear weapons in both Pakistani and Indian hands has not defused the Kashmir problem. It has only made the situation more dangerous.
6) Iran is not a working democracy, it is a theocracy. While the President is "elected" he first has to be approved by the Guardian Council, a religious body. No one may run for President or even for the legislature without their approval. In the past Presidential election they invalidated every moderate reformer, and left only conservatives and radical fundamentalists. They also invalidated most of the moderates running for the legislature. I'm not saying that this isn't a valid form of government. I'm merely saying that it isn't democratic. Secondly, the President's powers (and the legislature's too) are mostly for show. Most of the power resides in the hands of the Supreme Leader, a religious leader appointed by a body of religious experts called the Assembly of Experts. Lastly, Indonesia has a much better claim at being the Islamic world's (outside Turkey) first working democracy.
