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Sorry to interrupt. I was reading the thread all through the beginning, but was forced to halt on this argument.
Perhaps you do not know. France and US are the countries that supplied Israel with the Nuclear Reactors and the required material for building a bomb.
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And why is this a problem again?
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According to NPT, the nuclear powers were supposed to dismantle their nuclear weapons. Did America dispose of its weapons? Did France do that? Did Israel do that?
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America and Russia did do so. Hundreds of warheads were dismantled on both sides. Besides, how do you not know about the above? Have you been living under a rock for 20 years?
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Firstly, I do not think that Iran is pursuing its nuclear programme for military purposes. The IAEA has already declared that Iran is atleast 3-5 years away from building nuclear bombs.
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3-5 years is not a very long amount of time... Also, explain the massive amount of evidence indicating that Iran does have a nuclear program.
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US has enough time to monitor Iran's nuclear activity before it really builds up a full fledged bomb. But it seems determined to invade another foreign country. That's an evil of Capitalism. When you build a lots of weapons from the excessive wealth that you create, you really need some place to expend them. Do people here know that the defence budget of US ($700 billion) is more than the GDP of 100 countries.
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Yes, and that's because the US is upgrading to counter China's power, and it is currently fighting a war. Additionally, do those other 100 countries have the same GDP as the United States? I think not.
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Even if Iran builds nuclear weapons, it has reasons. The threat to Iran from Isreal is real. People here might remember that only recently, perhaps in September, Israel air jets took off with extra fuel tanks (necessary for reaching Iran) for some unknown destination. The details of the activity are stil a mystery but there are reasons to believe that they were aimed at Iran.
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Ooohhhh.... A few Israeli jets with extra fuel tanks are somehow going to "sneak" into Iran, get past numerous radar complexes, bomb their target, and get out alive. How realistic indeed. Also, isn't this a contradiction of the above?
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Iran is a sovereign and proud nation. The issue is not too complex to resolve. It's just a clash of egos. If the US comes to the table (without bringing its much touted 'all options are open' propaganda), Iran will talk. US has no right to tell sovereign leaders of other countries that they are 'mad' just because they do not TOE the US line.
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Iran is stockpiling "nukes" because of what the world learnt from Iraq: The US is willing to attack any country for oil. By having nukes, Iran can keep a legitimate counter-threat, and keep off a US invasion for at least a couple of months.