Today's Survey: Iran's Nuclear Program (April 10, 2007)

TY, i really need this off my chest, if someone holds a gun in your face, it really doesn't matter if what they want you to agree to, is good for you or not, as soon as they turn you loose, you're going to start looking for a weapon and do opposite of what they coerced from you, it is the natural human instinct outcome, and you know what the end is, you have to wait for 'them' to come find you, again, or you have to 'sneak up' in the dark behind them, what a horrible mess we have made!

It only takes one nuclear bomb to create unconscionable, irreparable harm and it doesn't matter where it comes from.

Yet another worry the entire world needs to be concerned about. It's bad enough superpowers possess nuclear weaponry to use as a "bargaining" chip to deter attack or defend against others. As with North Korea, yet another radical nation with leaders the rest aren't so sure about. On a whim, nuclear arms can be launched without regard to their own nation's future, let alone their neighbor's or the rest of the planet's...and it would happen without anyone to prevent it from taking place. They may use the guise of nuclear power, but how many others have used it for that purpose alone? Once there are the capabilities, it's only a matter of time before a bomb is tipped and aimed...and all it takes is the puch of a button to signal the beginning of the end.

The biggest problem with technology is that it's much easier to destroy things with it than to create with it, in general... but it's always unsettling to realize that your entire civilization could be catastrophically damaged by a warlord having a bad day, regardless of your current level of technological development.

One has to wonder, though, whether this is how other countries feel about the United States having nuclear weapons, too, considering our behavior... ::wry grin::

Iran has always scared me. I think it's just a matter of time before something even more volatile occurs in that region.

It is a disaster of the highest order.

It's scary. People in that region seem to over-react to even the smallest of affronts,real or imagined. They are very volatile people and a nuclear weapon within their reach will surely be used- sooner than later.

A lot of people have questioned the US's lack of action in Iran. Why go after Iraq without positive information and stay out of Iran? Same deal with North Korea. What worries me about Iran is the constant political shifting of the country. The number of revolutions in Iran sometimes seems to rival the old days in Mexico. Where North Korea differs from others comes down to documents.

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is the leading agreement between states on the profileration of nuclear weapons. Iran signed it, Iraq signed it. North Korea originally said yes, but then publicly withdrew their support before actually signing it. Therefore, by UN agreements, they weren't obligated under the treaty. Still shady but what can you do?

In 2000 the US Government put forth the Iran Nonprofileration Act, publicly decrying the Iranian desires to expand their nuclear weapons program.

Right now, I hope the US continues to do exactly what it's doing, sit back on our heels and make the UN make a move. We can no longer fund a war and take blame for what is or isn't done on the world's stage. It shouldn't be our responsibility any longer.

too soon to tell