reply to post by chromatico
This is not necessarily the case. If the US and it's allies feel that there is a relatively short window to act before Iran has a nuclear weapon,
then they may well decide to take action against Iran in the form of an aerial attack. Once they have the weapons, it would be too late.
I'm not saying I agree or disagree with this line of thinking, only that is it a reasonable possibility.
On the question as to whether Iran should be allowed to have a nuclear weapons program, most of the world, not just the US, UK and Israel, is against
that. It is not accurate to say that if some countries have them then all should be allowed.
While the more countries that possess weapons, the more dangerous it may be, I believe it to be far more dangerous for a country ruled by a
fundamentalist regime to possess this capability. Why? One only need to understand their stated goals (Muslim Caliphate) and systemic embracing of
martyrdom (see suicide bombings, 9/11, Spain attacks, UK attacks and plots) to realize that there is no more dangerous possibility than to have a
fundamentalist Islamic regime to have such weapons.