Has America's WAR ON TERROR started a Nuclear Arms Race?

Question

Recently, Israel purchased 2 Nuclear Capable submarines - German made "Dolphin Subs".
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_deterring_iran

The point is that Israel is showing Iran that it has a nuclear counterstrike ability if Iran attacks Israel with nuclear weapons when they get their fission reactor running and begin producing nukes.

Basically, Since Bush started the "War on Terror", North Korea reactivated their reactor and began producing nuclear bombs ( without intercontinental ballistic missiles yet) and Iran has continued work on their Bushehr reactor in Tehran with the expressed intnet of destroying Israel.

If you take a look back, these countries began to actively seek nuclear proliferation just after the war began. Unfortunately Bush was too stupid to forgo HARMLESS IRAQ and deal with Iran and NK which were the real threats all along.

By Unilateraly invading Iraq, has America began a nuclear arms race - by showing countries that we are willing to invade anyone, anytime no matter what the international community votes or believes in?

These dictatoships/authoritarian/totalitarian regimes are afraid of America and are desperate to get nuclear weapons to intimidate us now after what happened to Iraq.

No matter what, a nuclear attack on America would be devastating and would result in America totally annihiliating the country behind it. As for Israel however, I believe a nuclear war is IMMINENT since Iran is not listening to diplomacy and is determined to do what Kim Jong Il has done: launch test missiles to show that they have the bombs and delivery systems in the works for America's west coast.

How did BUSH get us into this?

A nuclear attack on Israel - since it has such small boarders - will completely destroy Israel.
If the attack is carried out by a terrorist organization or radical Islamist group, IT WOULD BE A VICTORY FOR THE ENTIRE ARAB WORLD as well as the neonazi's worldwide. If Israe; was nuked, it wouldn't be able to attack the entire arab world with whatever measures it had remaining.
Basically, alot of people would die and they wouldn't be able to launch a counterattack against a specific target since Arab Muslim terrorists are spread everywhere.

They'd all be cheering and happy about it. And there'd be nothing we could do.

Answer 1

Great question and well stated premise too. In your additional info you went on to say, "If Israe; was nuked, it wouldn't be able to attack the entire arab world with whatever measures it had remaining. " That is not quite right because that is what the subs would be left to do. Tehran would pay for it's crime. But then Iran has some submarines too:

Iran Navy GlobalSecurity.org is the leading source for reliable military ... Iran bought two Russian Kilo-class submarines and eight mini-submarines from North Korea. ...www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/navy.htm -

Silent Nuclear Submarines Add to Iran Tensions:
... Iran has up to six Russian-built SSK or SSI Kilo-class diesel submarines prowling the Gulf. ... Powered by. Silent Nuclear Submarines Add to Iran Tensions ...www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/4/12/222400.shtml -

World Navies Today: Iran
... includes all surface combatants, submarines, mine warfare vessels and patrol ... Surface Combatants Submarines Amphibious Ships Patrol Craft Mine Countermeasures ...www.hazegray.org/worldnav/mideast/iran.htm -

Iran Tests Powerful Underwater Missile - CBS News
Iran announced its second major new missile test in a ... TEHRAN, Iran, April 2, 2006. Quote "It has a very powerful warhead

The counter attacks from the devestated countries would only extend the horror and would not necessarily be aimed at each other. Isreal could say a sort of "What the heck?" and send a nuke into UAE and Iran could do the same by firing one into Tehran (I don't think they are too bright actually).

To adress your question as to how Bush got us into this go back and research the administrations undoing of JFKs Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The neocons not only came into power with an agenda to grab more oil, invade middle eastern nations to do it, but they made noise right from the start that they felt that the USA needed to:
*Restart Nuclear Testing
*Build new Nukes
*Create new militray strategies that not only allowed for the use of nukes but required them.

Those policies put our enemies and potential enemies on notice that if they ever wanted to be able to defend themselves against the USA they had better get with it and make some nukes of their own.

Now that the checkered flag is down on proliferation how long does anyone think it will be before the flag goes down on the start of them being used? I think that as soon as they are used in one region we will see them used wherever there are conflicts - and all at or around the same time as the first use. A Nuclear Season will have ensued and the Time of Man will be drawing to a close.

Answer 2

When you're the Top Gun in town, it's only a matter of time when you face yet another gunslinger for a draw down at high noon.

Frankly, I'm surprised it took this long for the US to see new nuclear arms challengers since defeating the Soviets' nuclear arms race in the early 90's.....but I suspected a new ambitious super-power hungry country would spring up--and it'd likely be a mid-east country like Iran or Asian country like North Korea or worse yet.....communist Vietnam (set for round 2).

President Reagan's high-tech savvy advisors had the foresight to see this happen once the Russians were defeated and they pulled off creating the ultra secret "Star Wars" defense system--one I hope works if the time comes to use it, which I pray doesn't happen. So we covered the large super-power country threat.

But what about the "sub" nuclear arms race from smaller factions?

Presidential administrations since Regan have kept impressive CIA monitoring of the potential "dirty bomb" threat of possible "underground purchased" dismantled USSR created nuclear warheads to terrorist factions. Tragic as 9/11 is, it was an indicator the US kept a close lid on this potential threat, leaving terrorist with their 2001 attack plans.

We really have our own butts to kick allowing the clueless Bush father/son presidencies to put the US in it's current situation, but a nuclear arms race was sooner or later bound to happen; it was just the question of when--which does appear that time has come.

I'm looking with real interest on how the new US presidency will deal with this delicate situation.

Answer 3

The premise of your question is bogus. Bush did not START the war on terror, Islamic Fascists started the war on terror. Think about it. Everytime we did nothing (embassy bombings, USS Cole, first trade tower bombing, 9/11) we were attacked again. This time we responded with military force and, to date, we have not been attacked since. Are you beginning to see a pattern here? It was inevitable that these rogue countries would eventually start enriching uranium - with or without the war in Iraq. Even these clowns, with enough outside help and materials, can develop the technology needed to build a nuclear bomb. It wouldn't surprise me if their engineers on this project got their education in an American university. They aren't pursuing their nuclear ambitions because they're afraid of the U.S. any more than one of the richest oil producing countries in the world is working on enrichment so they can build nuclear power plants (and become energy independant????)

Answer 4

there is no way you are playing with a full deck of cards
or the elevator just isn't hitting the top floor.

bush may not be the greatest, but kerry would have
been appeasment and there is no honor in that!
with bush at least he is pulling all strings to keep us safe.

move to israel, which lives under siege constantly,
and have missles launched onto your territory to the
point where your patience runs out.

you have a right to dissent because people before you
sacrificed their lives, that you might be free.

if you don't love this country,
then get the hell out!

move to north korea or iran!

israel has a right to defend itself as a soverign country.

leave the usa, you or my fellow countrymen don't want you!

Answer 5

You know you are right..,damn Bush has too much power..,he bombed the twin towers,he attacked Afghanistan and Iraq just for the oil and he caused hurricane Katrina to hit Louisiana and now the nuclear war..,that ONE man has an awful lot of power doesnt he?He cant do anything congressional approval.Man I have heard it all now.Ooops..,sorry its his fault I got divorced.These countries had nukes and had ideas of using nukes before he got in office.Wake up good lord.

Answer 6

NO, the Soviet Union started the nuclear arms race. There was no race until the Soviet spies stole secrets and started a nuclear program. Communists are the perpetrators of the nuclear arms race.... since then, it has been called proliferation.

Yes, Bush, and Clinton before him, should have taken out NK and Iran.... Why didn't they? Well, why didn't they close the border and deport illegal aliens? Answer one, you answer all.

Answer 7

Gads, I must take several Ativan tablets before I write this. Why do we have to read the stupidity of people who do not know what they are talking about and spout their opinions openly and without regard for the truth? I will not honor the asker with my reply because he wouldn't understand more than "a" and "duh" if I tried.

Answer 8

Yes

Answer 9

you are right on the dot.
and this is just the begining
USA has changed the rules of war and we are all going to pay a very heavy price.