Re: Should Iran be allowed to develop the Bomb?
I voted yes.
During the Cold War, the policy was that of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) whereby a nation could theoretically protect itself from nuclear war by having it's own nuclear arsenal. The reasoning being that no hostile nation would be so stupid/insane as to launch a nuclear strike when they too would suffer a retaliatory nuclear strike.
At the moment, the US is gallavanting around the world invading countries at will (Afghanistan, Iraq, etc). Thus, it is only right that Iran should have a nuclear capability to serve as a deterrent against US warmongering.
That is why America is so up in arms about Iran nuclear programme. If it is fully developed then it will frustrate the US's plans to invade.
I believe the US was considering North Korea as a target in it's "Axis of Evil" list.
North Korea's nuclear weapons seem to have put paid to that idea though, as they are never discussed anymore. Iran is likely trying to finish it's own weapons programme in a rush to afford itself the same protection.
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