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Originally Posted by timhaughton
If I was the leader of an oil rich nation, and if the US didn't like me, I'd be trying to get a nuke too. There doesn't seem to be any other mechanism to prevent illegal assaults.
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First you say there's no evidence to say Iran is looking into the matter, when that's rubbished you (effectively) say they should get nukes, and another point you said there is no basis in international law for this, despite OoE's explanation of the NPT (which he's repeated so many times on this forum he's probably drowning himself in scotch in despair). Is there any basis to what you say?
Iran could stop the nuke programme and begin serious steps to a free democracy. I know I advocate this as a panacea to everything but Iran does have some of the mechanisms already in place (e.g. elected parliament). Then even if you want to play Machiavellian politics, you could say any action by the United States would be too politically controversial within and outside of its own borders. Certainly I cannot think of any historical precedent for actual conflict between two such nations.