[lit-ideas] Re: Worst Case Scenarios

On 4/20/06, Teemu Pyyluoma <teme17@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Nuclear power nor nuclear weapons makes no sense what
> so ever to Iran

Isn't it very curious, then, that something over 80% of Iranians
interviewed by the BBC say clearly, in terms that would, it seems, be
perfectly acceptable from people in other countries that  they have
nuclear-armed countries next door in several directions and have as
much right to nuclear energy as anyone else. It seems to make perfect
sense to them, and I cannot say that, were I Iranian, I would
disagree. If India and Pakistan, Russia, China, the UK and France and
the USA, which threatens us with military force, can all have nuclear
weapons, why can't we?


> It's really all up to Iran. There is no reason to
> believe that any White House (or EU, Russia, China in
> order of conviction...) would be willing to simply
> live with nuclear armed Iran.

Why not? It's risky. But so was living with a nuclear armed Stalin and
Mao. I'm not saying that it's comfortable. But MAD worked once. Why
shouldn't it work again?

But I do see what you are saying. With religious zealots on both sides
and no shortage of frightened warmongers to cheer them on, the chances
of a very great evil are rising. When the trains have collided,
perhaps those who survive the wreck will have learned something.

John

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John McCreery
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Yokohama 220-0006, JAPAN
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