The Iranian president said "Isn't it a bit strange that the country ordering Iran to stop its nuclear activities not only has its own nuclear power plants, but it also actually used nuclear bombs to destroy Japanese islands??!"
2006-10-01 20:09:31 · 13 answers · asked by manool 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Well, leaving aside the fact that "opinion" and "objective" don't go together very well, I'd have to say that it's a legitimate question. To say "Well, we know what we're doing and none of the rest of you do" is not an acceptable answer to the rest of the world.
We are the only nation who has intentionally used nuclear bombs to kill people (most of whom were innocent civilians). Our current president and his advisors have turned this country into a swaggering playground bully whose solution to everything is to go beat the other guy up. The current situations involving military detainees and illegal wiretapping make it clear that our government has slid solidly into an "ends justify the means" stance, no matter what individual rights or "democratic values" get trampled along the way. Frankly, if I were the head of another country, I wouldn't trust the US to "know what's right for me" either.
So yes -- all justification and rationalization on our part aside, it is strange. And what's even more strange is that our president seems incapable of understanding why other nations won't simply accept his judgement on things.
2006-10-01 20:53:02 · answer #1 · answered by jclog 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It isn't a bit strange. It is smart.
Yes, we have our own nuclear power plants and yes we used nuclear bombs to end a war. That was 67 years ago. A lifetime ago. If we could go back in time do you think that the US would do the same thing? I really don't think so. The world was a different place back in the 1940's.
The US's nuclear arsenal is being used as a deterrant to nuclear war. We all know this. Can we trust Iran to do the same thing? Can we trust that Iran would never pass off a small nuclear suit case bomb off to an organization such as Hezbollah to be used anywhere in the world? The Iranian President is buddies with Castro in Cuba. What if the two of them were to set up a launching site there? Do you think that isn't possible?
If Iran was sincere that the reason they want to advance their nuclear technology was only for peaceful purposes then why won't they allow the IAEA perform inspections as they were mandated to?
2006-10-02 04:00:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Iran should be disuaded, as any country should, from developing nuclear weapons. But the United States should not be allowed any say in this, as we have more nukes than all other nations combined and are the ONLY nation to have dropped them on civilian population centers.
Amerikans have a tendency to be deluded by cute little stories like George Washington and the cherry tree and Harry Truman and The Bomb, stories that have no basis in fact but are used to comfort the ignorant masses.
It is now known that Truman and the US military intelligence knew that Japan admitted that the war was lost and was PREPARED TO SUE FOR PEACE. Truman's own diaries, pre-August 6th, 1945, bear this out. The A-bombs dropped on the sleeping children of Hiroshima and Nagasaki did not prevent the death of "100,000 GIs" needed to invade the Japanese mainland. That is just comfort pablum to assuage the collective guilt of the American populace. We only dropped the bombs as a warning to the USSR, our Second World War "allies", against any post-war moves that the US didn't like. We incinerated many thousands of civilians, and subjected hundreds of thousands more to illness, to make a point!!
So let the more civilized peoples of the world work with Iran on a non-nuclear future, but let US stay out of it. We cannot be trusted with such an important issue.
2006-10-02 04:02:51 · answer #3 · answered by Atticus Flinch 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
OK well the Japanese Islands were only bombed because of the attack on Pearl Harbor. And like orange1 said, it was done responsibly. If you think it is OK for them to have nuclear bombs, than you must think it was okay to have planes smashed into the world trade center. I don't know about you, but I myself would like to live.
2006-10-02 03:31:43 · answer #4 · answered by Amynesiac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We in the U.S. have used nuclear weapons on civilian population despite the fact that Japan wanted to surrender since six months before we dropped the nukes. The nukes were dropped on Japan for the Russians to see that we have them and that we are not afraid to use them. It was nothing but a PR stunt. The war against Japan was over long ago and we sacrificed hundreds of thousands in order to make a point and ring in the cold war against Russia.
That is the "responsible" usage of nukes the other posters referred to.
2006-10-02 04:37:07 · answer #5 · answered by The answer man 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its more of who has the bomb thats the problem agreed no one should use it. But iran is not stable nor have they shown themselves to be realiable people. I mean they killed a canadian woman for coming in and taking picture. and tortured her. they live in a society that isn't free to come and do as you please. Its a dictatorship. We all no how hotheads the middle east people are its sad but they think back words one wrong thing anyone says and the whole country is burning flags calling the next holy war blowing up innocent people all in the name of GOD. Im sure god would not be happy for the way they kill. And yes there will be extremeist saying im wrong and its the west. I expect that they have been programed and brainwashed since birth to beleive this.
2006-10-02 03:29:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fact is that we trust ourselves with nukes because we have used them responsibly in the past. We do not trust the Iranians to use them responsibly. We believe that he will nuke Israel or the U.S. or some other nation. In his mind this would be OK because he feels we are evil and it is his duty to fight and defeat that evil. As Americans we want to protect ourselves from an attack. Iran certainly has a right to do what it feels is best for its own security, but that does not mean they will make the best decision in the long term. Likewise the U.S. and Israel have the right to do the same. It is not a moral question but one of strength and persistence. Who will win in the long term will have the power to decide how everyone on this earth will live their lives. Do you want the U.S. or Iran to make that decision for you?
2006-10-02 03:15:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes,And we stopped after that because we are a nation
of good people with good will towards others.
Keep in mind at the immense amounts of aid we provide to other countries that NEVER pay us back.
And the humanitarian aid and the food relief efforts.
We redistribute an incredible amount of our good fortune
to other nations.
WE KNOW how horribly this power can be missused.
Does he?
2006-10-02 03:30:11 · answer #8 · answered by moebiusfox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, of course he's right. it's strange. Ahmed, like bush, is a religious nut and not good for his country. however, at least he's trying.
we bombed several pacific islands and the residents had to leave for decades. we tested the nukes on our soldiers in terms of exposing them to radiation.
Is this responsible use to you? Americans need to wake up and stop being so brainwashed.
2006-10-02 03:21:23 · answer #9 · answered by cassandra 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Iranian president is very careful and looks very nice. Why don't american leaders respect to them a little bit more?
2006-10-02 03:24:19 · answer #10 · answered by JAMES 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋