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RE: Wait a minute...
By Darkskypoet on 4/16/2008 4:25:37 PM , Rating: -1
Look... If Iran developed nukes; even if they had them right now. They would not be selling them to 'terrorists'. Any state just achieving nuclear weapons, especially one in such a position as Iran; utilizes these as a deterrent. Why? The U.S, and other powers have shown time and times again; they don't go into and fuck up a country that has nukes.

Who's more dangerous; Iraq vs North Korea? Easy. Iran vs North Korea? A little bit harder, but still DPRK. Why did the US go into Iraq? No Nukes, Weak Military. Why not either other country? Stronger Military, and in the DPRK's case Missile tech and a real possibility of Nukes.

India vs Pakistan? Nukes have very much stopped the possibility of a major war between them again for the forseeable future. Israel? Nukes; deterrent.

If you are leader in Iran, or NK; you don't sell the bombs to a terrorist. You create a deterrent force to keep others from invading conventionally. Especially considering that when just attaining such weapons, a state does not have many. Further, a 'state' can be nuked to oblivion if one utilizes such a weapon against someone else. Such a state would have to be insanely stupid to use such first, and as such yet again, it makes amuch better case for a deterrent. Aside from Hiroshima, and Nagasaki; Nuclear weapons however offensive their capabilities are, are deterrents and defensive weapons.

It, as in many cases before this one, has equalized the realist ideal of relative power in the sense that a certain 'n' size striking capability eliminates the differential existent between conventional forces. Again look at India and Pakistan.

If you want to say the CIA infiltrating Iran's Nuclear Weapons program is important because it gives us the heads up on their development? Fine. Argue that, but don't submit the tripe that they would sell them. That is stupid, and quite revealing of ones inability to critically examine the propaganda they are simply being a conduit for.

The only states that might 'sell' such weapons are those with more then enough to spare, to assuage sovereignty concerns / deterrent projection. USA, Russia, some of the Breakaway republics of yore perhaps, China, and U.K, France, etc. Perhaps Israel. Although, I doubt for a second Israel again would be dumb enough to do so. You never know where it will end up when you sell it. Control of the Nuclear device is as key to their deterrent force policy, as it would be to Iran.

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