Should Iran be allowed to have nuclear weapons?

[Hugo Chavez]

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[240 is Back]

They can have nukes, but not porn.  Check!

[BayGBM]

No.  And we must do what we have to in order to prevent it.   

[Fury]

What the question should really be is, "Should Iran, Saudi Arabia and every other fundamentalist regime in the Middle East be allowed to have nuclear weapons?"

Of course they shouldn't. The Iranian Mullahs actually believe that the 12th Imam is going to come down from the heavens and rescue the Muslims when the apocalypse is upon them. Should a regime that fucked in the head really be toying around with nuclear weapons?

But is it worth fighting a war over? No. I'd at least wait until after the elections next year because I'd be willing to bet shit is going to hit the fan when the Mullahs steal another election with whatever puppet they pick.

[freespirit]

Why not. If Israel is allowed to have nukes, why shouldn't Iran have nukes?

[howardroark]

Interesting question. There are multiple things to consider:

1. Iran has to look out for its own interests. It is surrounded by countries with nukes: India, Pakistan, Russia, and Israel. And a little further out East is China, while in the West we have France and the UK. And, of course, the world's current sole military superpower is heavily involved in two neighboring countries (that's us!!). And if you're a country that's kind of out there on its own with not much in the way of alliances, like Iran, it could be useful to pick up a nuke just to become a bigger presence on the world stage.

2. Iran isn't remotely close to having nukes. They still need a lot of work before they can start producing nukes.

3. Iran has a basket-case, third world economy. Not much you can do with that in terms of developing nukes. And even if you have nukes, you're still only marginally more threatening than before.

[Skip8282]

No.