I have been reading in the paper about Iran and its nuclear program. Being in the military and being a catholic I feel that this is a very difficult situation. On the one hand Iran should be able to peruse nuclear technology for civilian electricity reasons... Even though Iran is the second largest producer of oil they should still if they want is able to produce power by Fission. But the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Iran's president has threatened to use nuclear weapons repeatedly. He has also been quoted at saying that one nuclear missile from Israel will kill millions of Iranians but one Iranian nuclear missile will eliminate Israel. Israel uses harsh approaches to subdue the Palestinian’s but that in no means should be a cause to kill millions of innocent people. Also the nuclear deal the US made with India during all this has made things even more difficult it is true that India has not openly threatened to wipe out any country but India and Pakistan are long term rivals. At the moment things are reasonable between the two countries. But if things escalate the World does not want nuclear weapons being fired between the countries and any human being with a heart knows what nuclear weapons due. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are two cities that come to mind. The horror there is enough deterrence to cause any reasonable nation to not posse’s nuclear weapons. The final aspect is as the US we should start leading by example we need to reduce and even eliminate our nuclear weapon arsenal to show the world that nuclear weapons are not the key. We need to show the world that we will fight back if we are hit (9/11) but we need to show the world that we are a nation that does not need to posses Nuclear weapons to fight back.
# posted by Alex @ 11:51 PM
