reply to post by seagull
In 1979, the programs were suspended temporarily in wake of the revolution, and the Iran-Iraq war. After the end of that war, Iran has increased its
efforts to acquire both WMD's, and the means by which to deliver them, ballistic missiles. All this has happened, is happening, right alongside what
is a legitimate effort to bring a nuclear power-generation program on line.
I have no real issue with their efforts to develope a power generation program. The clandestine efforts to bring a WMD program to fruition is another
thing entirely...
Reminds me of something I have heard before.
"There is no question that Iraq possesses biological and chemical weapons and that he seeks to acquire additional weapons of mass destruction,
including nuclear weapons. That is not in debate. I also agree with President Bush that Saddam Hussein is a threat to peace and must be disarmed, to
quote President Bush directly."
Just one of the countless
quotes which show the rhetoric we faced during
the lead up to the 2nd gulf war.
By repeating unproven lies and myths again and again they do nor become true. If you can add some proof that Iran is acquiring any WMD's, I would be
glad to read it. Otherwise the uncritical repetition of this myth will probably be the main reason for another war in the Middle East in the near
future. For decades such unproven
allegations have
been made againt the Iran.
There is another little country in that region which constantly not only threatens to attack its neighbours, but has also waged warfare against them.
Iran has not waged an aggressive war for centuries. When Iran was attacked by Saddam, who used WMD's against it, the mullahs still had some of the
Shah's chemical weapons in their possession. Even then the Iranians refused to use them in retaliation.
Today Iran is not known to possess any biological, chemical or nuclear weapons and the country has signed all treaties which repudiate the possession
of weapons of mass destruction (unlike another little country in that region)
But instead of castigating the little aggressive country which illegally acquired WMDs we instead prefer to give more military aid to the little
country and threaten and attack its neighbours. Iran is not the country which deserves sanctions for its warmongering ambitions.
The logic of preemptive war was wrong during the Cold War and it is still wrong today. Some war-profiteers benefit each time such a thing happens,
but most people in both the attacking and the attacked country will have to pay for it. The attacked have to pay with their blood. But the attackers
have also a price to pay.
Past wars and paranoia are the reasons why each US citizens has to pay about $2000 each year to subsidize the MIC and why more and more repressive
actions at home limit the freedoms of US citizens. Meanwhile most of the federal discretional spending is sucked up by the MIC and national security.
Money which is spend for weapons and surveillance is missing for bridges, roads, social security and education.
edit on 22-1-2012 by
Drunkenshrew because: grammar
