…nuclear WMD. And it would think 3 times before launching a strike against Iran. Iran has no interest in committing national suicide by an attack on Israel. Iran has a 100 million people to lose should the inevitable retaliation occur. The biggest hope for peace is the rapid commercial nuclearization of Iran and the region. David PS…I’m Jewish in case anyone wants to know. But Israel should butt the f*ck out of America’s affairs. Brian Mays Rod…
…and Afghanistan, built bases all around Iran and flies spy drones all over Iran. – Iranian nuclear scientists were murdered. It stopped when Iran started with revenge, showing again that brute force is Iran‘s only defense option. – (US supported) Israel threatened to bomb Iran. As Israel has nuclear bombs, it is understandable Iran wants to end that asymmetrical situation. Especially since: – the Iraq-Iran war showed US had no problems to support…
…ist groups.Also,the Sunni-Shia split is being exploited and exacerbated by Iran. It is clear that Iran,under the present regime,is bent on extending its power and influence.For what ultimate purpose is unknown however,given the brutal theism of the mullahs,there can be no good outcome. With regard to nuclear energy I doubt if any state in the region or elsewhere has any objection to Iran developing a capability.Iran has had ample opportunity to do…
…hough we all have relatively short memories, it is an historical fact that Iran did not participate in the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo and that Iran maintained diplomatic and commercial relationships with Israel in the face of Arab opposition up until the 1979 revolution. Back then, one of the ways that we aimed to help maintain Iran’s strength was to assist its modernization program. That program included a well-funded effort to develop an extensive do…
…rs I did not put word in your mouth, I asked you to state your position on Iran if Iran wasn’t in the NPT. You failed to do so, Brian. What I’m saying is that I’m for world wide unilateral disarmament. But in the context of the world today, it’s sort of stupid for Iran not to have nukes. My positions still hold. The UN actually doesn’t have the ‘right’ to tell people what to do in terms of their energy policy. Iran is caught between the NPT and cl…
…s and (satellite & spy plane) info to Saddam and banned weapon delivery to Iran. So Iran had to fight Saddam off with inferior weapons, which did cost them nearly half a million deaths. Not strange they want advanced weapons since then. Bas Brian, “like nothing better than to work on a new medical isotope production reactor” We upgraded our reactor in Petten recently, may be they have a position there. Regarding 20% enrichment by Iran: I have not…
…Mosaddeq at the request of the UK, which wanted to protect its control of Iranian oil through the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. I would not defend any country that actually did the things that Iran has been accused of doing, but I am not sure how much of the list that you provided is true and how much is the result of the demonization campaign. Remember, I was a military officer for nearly 30 years and have carried a military ID since I was 17 years…
…el has never admitted having nuclear weapons. True Israel saber rattles at Iran, but Iran is a large, ppotentially powerful and wealthy nation, which has frequently in the past called for the distruction of Israel. This is not a threat of agressive war nad against Israel? Rod Adams @Charles Barton “The Jews” and Israel are not synonyms. poa Well…..we can’t blame the oil companies when cluster bombs are dropped on civilian populations, or molotov…
…ng, creating an alternative energy source. Some people have suggested that Iran could build nuclear plants if it only agreed to depend on others to supply its nuclear fuel. If I was an Iranian, I would be deeply suspicious of that offer and look closely at the contracts to identify all of the costs and the strings attached. Quite frankly, nuclear fuel suppliers, most especially those from my own country, have a history of including onerous conditi…
…Joe, Robert: I read this article this morning, regarding the completion of Iran’s first nuclear power plant (my reaction follows): Iran tests first nuclear plant In 2010, the International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) will probably be held in New Orleans. Despite the venue being a historic location that should have quite an appeal to domestic and international tourism, the attendance is expected to be relatively sparse. The reason being: the diff…
…ina and everybody else to agree to it, then you might have to live with an Iran, and you might be able to live with an Iran that has a nuclear power capability, but rigid enforcement constraints have been put in so they can’t move up to a weapons grade program and the production of a nuclear weapon. Now, at the same time, what can they do with a nuclear weapon compared to what we could do in return? I don’t think it is–you know, they are intereste…
…plenty of customers in the world that are willing to pay more for oil than Iran can afford to charge its own electric utilities without hurting electricity consumers. Since Iran’s people and government apparently trust their highly educated engineers and scientists – many of whom received their advanced degrees in western universities – to work with leading world suppliers to build safe nuclear power capabilities, it makes sense to move towards us…
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