As Americans we take great pride in our independence, freedoms to act as we see fit and use our creative enterprise to do what we think is in our interest. Why is it we are so hypocritical that we don”t honor Iran”s right to do the same?
I think the U.S. is giving Iran a bad time and let it do the same as we would do if our roles were reversed. They need more power sources and if they feel they want to produce the odd nuclear bomb, so be it. No, I don”t like their cruel politics, but let”s face it, I don”t like the North Korean”s and the Pakistanis politics much either and they have the bomb.
On the other hand, I suspect that the rest of the world expects, as I do, that the Iranians will accomplish improved nuclear technology over time, no matter what the world does. So, apparently it really is not the possession of a bomb that is the problem, it is its potential. Seems to me that the world”s problem, as with any other nuclear power, is simply to make the use of a bomb, no matter how desirable, so costly as to make its use too expensive. It took the Cold War several decades to establish that simple point.
For decades the USSR and the U.S. faced each other, rattled sabers, offered threats and counter-threats, spending far more than either country could afford on armaments and so on. Gave the U.S. lots of employment and higher taxes; cost the USSR its existence. Much of the argument against Iran is the fear that Iran will use the “bomb” on Israel.
If they prove to be that idiotic, they will in any case and sanctions will not do anything but hurt the welfare of the world. Better the world should reinforce the old deterrent philosophy and stress to Iran (and North Korea, etc.) that if they become offensive, Teheran simply gets taken out and the world”s weapon census goes down by a few.
A pre-emptive strike by Israel would be an error beyond belief in terms of local politics, reactionary strikes that would cost Israel disproportionately and provide a growing base for even more hatred.
Guthrie “Guff” Worth
Lakeport
