2006-11-14 01:09:35 · 9 answers · asked by Prasad.S.V 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
No, it means that both of those countries that you mentioned are in CLEAR AND BLATANT violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The US is not in violation of it. Neither are the other nuclear-armed countries who agreed to the treaty.
North Korea and Iran would have to have completely peaceful governments in order to develop nuclear technology. They do not, therefore they SHOULD NOT develop anything nuclear.
2006-11-14 01:21:40 · answer #1 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We've had nuclear weapons for 60 years, and have not threatened other countries with annihilation or nuclear blackmail. In fact, we've generally not threatened anybody with them, except for the USSR, but that was more a counter-nuclear policy than anything else.
However, Iran has been threatening Israel & America and has supported terrorism against both. It's not much of a stretch to see these deranged Islamists actually using a bomb against either of the great 'satans'.
Similarly, North Korea threatens South Korea and Japan, and has extensively exported technologies (missile, WMD) in violation of all non-proliferation treaties it has signed.
There are reasons why not just the US, but the UN, the EU and many other countries have a problem with NKorea and Iran having nuclear weapons.
And let's not obscure that FACT, that it is far from being just the US who objects to these countries having nukes. Many, many countries without nukes are against them having nukes.
2006-11-14 09:37:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it means that the majority of the world signed on the the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (including Iran and North Korea). Those nation decided to violate that agreement. The treaty was passed because the "nuclear club" members at the time could at least trust the fact that M.A.D. (mutually assured destruction) was a working strategy for that handful of countries.
However, Iran's president is far more obsessed with the destruction of Israel and the coming of the 12th Imam, and Kim Jong Il desperately wants to show that he's relevant and powerful, despite the fact that he's destroyed North Korea's entire economy (South Korea is the world's #10 economy, with similar size, culture, and resources.) Neither can be trusted to care more about saving millions of innocent lives than their own deranged desires and inflated egos. THAT'S the difference.
The US and the other current nuclear club members have shown, through numerous close calls (like the Cuban Missile Crisis and Indian-Pakistan border stand-offs), that they can be trusted to avoid using nukes at all costs.
Does that explain it for you?
2006-11-14 09:23:41 · answer #3 · answered by Alan B 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As for N.Korea and Iran, they live and rule by terrorizing their citizens and the rest of the world. Yes we have nuclear weapons, just not as many as we used to and they aren't pointed at the USSR anymore (partially because the USSR no longer exists.) It's not drama, it is a real threat to put that kind of weapon in the hands of dictators with the "little man" complex.
2006-11-14 09:20:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Nuclear free? The US has nuclear weapons.
2006-11-14 09:12:26 · answer #5 · answered by "I Want to Know Your Answer 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, we're not nuclear free....... the US just wants to be the only one with "the big guns". It's all about power.
2006-11-14 09:12:45 · answer #6 · answered by Squirrley Temple 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
US is definitely not nuclear free.
2006-11-14 09:18:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2006-11-14 09:12:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2006-11-14 09:29:33 · answer #9 · answered by EUSEBIO NOE M 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋