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Showing Original Post only (View all)Does anyone here really take issue with Israel dismantling Iran's nuclear weapons program? [View all]
I ask this question because I wonder if people have really played out in their minds what a nuclear armed Iran would have looked like and how it would have affected not just Israel, but also the rest of the world. It's bad enough for the world to have one rogue nuclear armed state in North Korea, constantly directing nuclear threats at South Korea and the United States. What would the world have looked like with a second rogue nuclear armed state in Iran, constantly directing nuclear threats at Israel and the U.S.? More worrisome is the question of whether Iran would have shared nuclear weaponry with its Hamas and Houthi allies. Nuclear proliferation among nation states is one thing. But, nuclear proliferation extending to terrorist organizations? These are all reasonable questions to ask given Iran's 45 year history of state sponsored violence and terrorism. While I generally respect any nation's right to self-determination, I cannot in any way rationalize Iran's desire for nuclear weapons. Trust between nations, like trust between people, must be earned. And, I see nothing in Iran's recent history to suggest that Iran could have been trusted with the enormous responsibility that goes with possessing nuclear weapons.
