If Americans are worthy enough to benefit from nuclear deterrent, Why aren't Iranians?

Question

After all, BOTH countries seem to have a total nutter in charge.
Are Iranians more "expendable" than Americans?
If nuclear weapons are true deterrants surely everyone should have them?. (Look how conventional fighting has decreased between India and Pakistan, look how Europe no longer fights inwardly after a thousand years of European conflict.)
I believe that the two countries most likely to use nukes are USA and Israel (Against Arabs), If a few Arab countries are nuked-up this would cease to be as likely.
The only justification for Iran not nuking-up would be "survival of the fittest (or richest), which is essentially racist anyway and should not be enshrined in international law. One law for the rich etc.
I ask again. Why don't Iranians deserve the same protection as Americans?

This is a totally valid point and unfortunately most of you are looking at the issue for a totally Western angle.
Answer the question, and don't forget the bloody reality that the USA and its allies have caused a damn-site more damage in the world in the modern day than Iran has. (When did Iran last invade anyone).

Hey, "Private", **** you you uneducated Nazi *****! You want Brits, Americans and everyone dead, don't you?

Answer 1

exactly!!

Answer 2

Your view is over simplistic and denies certain realities which make it suspect. The United States has nuclear weapons, but we also have stringent checks and balances. The President cannot launch a strike without oversight except in the case of a direct attack against the United States. Iran has no checks and balances. Ahmedinejad is dangerous and has called for the destruction of his perceived enemies on several occasions. This makes the prospect of an armed Iran a very dangerous proposition for many in the world, not just the United States. Consider this also, if Iran does develop Nukes life will become even more dangerous for them. The entire world will be watching them with fear and one mistake could cause a great calamity for the people. There will almost surely be a first strike mentality for countries like Israel at the slightest provocation. Further what happens if terrorists do get hold of a nuke and use it? Who do you think will get the blame? Iran having nukes is not a deterrent for anyone, it a recipe for disaster.

Answer 3

You are right. If the US was truly concerned about nuclear arms in the Middle East, they would have clamped down on Israel. Israel is the only country in the Middle East with nuclear capability, and has had a fully-operational reactor since the 1960's. Iranians have every right to be concerned over their neighbour having a nuclear bomb, as would the US if the tables were turned.

The US shows a lot of hypocrisy regarding this. How do you know that one country has nuclear bombs to use as a deterrent, and the other has nuclear bombs to use as weapons? What news channel did that reliable piece of information come from?

People in the US DO think that lives in the Middle East are not as important as their own. This mentality does not bode well for the future.

Answer 4

The real reason, is the fact that if the own nukes, its a little harder to install a new government. nukes in hand, pretty much solidifies the current governemnt and makes it pretty impossible to overthrow.
I mean look at the excuse they are a terrosit supporting nation and might give terrorist nukes....
is Iran not being terroized by terroist? did Bush not declare a ceasefire with those terrorists? who supports them??hmmmmm

weren't the terrorists who dropped the trade towers Saudi? wasn't the mastermind saudi? why haven't we tried to stop the saudis from devloping nukes? if you think they have not attempted to do so, then you haven't been paying attention to anything but American media.

sorry to say it, but if Iran was going to supply terrorist with nukes, and that was actually the fear.....terrorist have had enough money for decades to get them off the black market, so they would already have them anyway.

read the entire butler report, and then think about what happens to oil supply if someone with nukes says they want to double or triple the price of oil. what are we really going to do about it, but pay their price?? whether you like to admit it or not, our intel agencies have been playing power games in that sandbox for decades, and it sure isn't about the sand!

Answer 5

Because the Americans (USA) had the weapons before Iran which means they now believe they have the right to boss everyone about with righteous indignation. Iranians, and the rest of the world, do deserve protection. The best plan is to get rid of all nukes as they don't seem to deter against anything do they. We still have wars. People are dying everyday. There is precious little deterrant when the possession is one sided as you rightly point out. And to all you Americans who are going to get upset by this - the UK is in much the same position and in both cases the government actions clearly do not represent the wishes of all of their people.

Answer 6

The answer is that our opposition to Iranian nuclear proliferation has nothing to do with with some sort of attempt to reduce world wide nuclear proliferation and everything to do with our national security interests.

It is the right and even duty of every nation on Earth (even Iran) to defend its interests and ensure the security of its people.

A nuclear armed Iran would not only pose a direct threat to American national security, but would pose an even bigger threat to our most important strategic ally in the region (Israel). You can hardly expect any nation in the world, even the United States, to voluntarily act in a way that puts its security at risk. The American people would not tolerate any American administration putting the nation at risk in that particular way.


Now, you may suggest that it's hypocritical for me to believe that every nation has a right to defend itself while simultaneously opposing Iranian nuclear proliferation. The answer is that I am not an impartial observer. I am an American who expects my government to fulfill its Constitutional role of protecting and defending the United States of America. I expect the Iranians to do the same thing.

Answer 7

Sure, what the hell! While we're at it, why doesn't America sell nuclear weapons to Taiwan, so they can use them as a deterrent against the coming Chinese invasion.

Infact, let's have another nuclear arms race and let every friggin' nation be armed with nuclear weapons. That way, it only takes one idiot hot head to start lobbing nukes, thus resulting in a dead planet devoid of life!

Why you're not working for the IAEA out of the UN, I'll never understand.

Answer 8

The United States uses nuclear weaponry as a deterrent. Iran wants to use it as a weapon. The United States is not the only country that opposes the development of nuclear weapons in Iran. We aren't the only country that opposes them in North Korea either.

Answer 9

Because the nations which have the N-bomb know it's vital to stop others from getting it. We should be getting rid of all nuclear bombs - not allowing others to get it. I don't care who it is, from the neutral Swiss to the Taliban, the whole point is to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Answer 10

Because their leader is a violent dictator who has threatened to wipe nations off of the map.

Would you allow Hitler to get the bomb? Because he would use it.
Americans, on the other hand, have not threatened to wipe any nation off of the map, neither have our leaders, and we and our allies have a history of keeping them responsibly. Not that I approve of such weapons. In a perfect world we wouldn't have any. But we cannot disarm while other nations like Pakistan and North Korea are arming themselves and threatening us.

Still, you don't see us nuking either nation.

Your question is the height of ignorance.

Western civilization does not believe in starting another world war, nor do we see a nuclear holocaust as our salvation. On the other hand, a nuke in the hands of an extremist sect of Islam would allow them to cut deep into the belly of the infidel, commit heroic mass suicide, and meet Allah. They want to die for him.

Answer 11

If they have nukes, BushCo cannot easily bully them. As BushCo makes their play for Dominion over Mid-East Oil, Iran is tough enough of an obstacle without their having Nukes. Bush can give Nuclear tech to India and then deny it to Iran, and then talk about Nuclear deterrence as if it really meant anything to them. This is all about balls and muscle, and BushCo is attempting to use it all for their Plundering Agenda. Iran is in danger from BushCo's plans, and Nukes would give them some real deterrence.