So why cant Iran and other countries have nukes (no idiots)?

Question

i dont get why Iran and other countries around the world are not allowed nukes while the USA and its allies have many, enough to destroy the world a bunch of times over.
ok so Iran has stated some threatening things, but what about any other country who wants them, why is the UN against it.

Answer 1

iran can't because they are not as democratic as pakistan.
where democratic means allied to the u.s.

Answer 2

To put it simply, for the same reason normal private citizens, law enforcement and military personnel are allowed to have firearms but convicted felons and mentally unstable people are not.

It depends on what the intended use of such weapons is.
Why other non-threatening countries are also discouraged from developing nukes, well, there are many but let me just name a few: They are not necessary for the security of that country because it is not in a position to be threatened. The attempt to acquire such weapons will cause the neighbors to do the same or preemptive attack and start a war. The stability of the government is such that it could topple putting the nuclear weapons into the hands of others. The possibility of terrorist groups acquiring the weapons or materials.

Answer 3

We live in a country ruled by bullies that think that MIGHT MAKES RIGHT and is finding out since the Vietnam war that they are WRONG.
The UN is NOT the United Nations; the UN is the scared little victims that goes along with the schoolyard bully that is the United States out of fear of what the bully will DO TO THEM.
You failed to mention that the United States is also the ONLY COUNTRY TO HAVE EVER USED AN ATOMIC WEAPON.
Countries like Iran and North Korea are not scarey little victims. They are not afraid to defend themselves.
They are NOT THREATINING TO ATTACK THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY; THEY ARE WARNING THE RULERS OF THE UNITED STATES THAT THEY WILL DEFEND THEMSELVES IF ATTACKED.
The bully doesn't want to have anyone around that can defend themselves against him.
The bully doesn't pick on anyone he THINKS HE CAN BEAT.
That is why it is SOO important for the bully to convince others that those countries are EVIL to justify attacking them now while THEY THINK THEY ARE WEAK.
Evidence the MISTAKE that is called the WAR ON TERROR.

Answer 4

Preferrably, even those with nukes would remove what they have. However, the argument against any other country obtaining nukes is that we want as few people with them as possible in the hopes that those who already have them will be responsible enough not to use them. Even as aggressive as Bush is, he hasn't used nuclear weapons yet.

Certain nations such as Iran and Israel hate each other so much that there is no guarantee nukes wouldn't be used, and once one nuke is launched, the rest of the world has to intervene immediately and decisively without nukes in order to prevent more from being launched.

There's power politics in play here too, those with nukes don't want others to get that power. Still, the general populace is against nuclear proliferation because it means there's more likelihood of nukes being used at some point, and that's something we simply cannot accept.

Answer 5

There leaders of some countries are more unstable than others, like Iran and North Korea. The world in general wishes to keep nukes out of the hands of people who would be quick to use them.

Answer 6

I assume you are in favor of destroying Israel.
What is the purpose of nuclear weapons? Either for offense or defense.
If the US didn't have them during the cold war this world may be a different place for all. With the incredible destructive power of that bomb, why would you want more countries to have it?
It would give Iran more power but to what end?

Answer 7

The countries of the U.N. don't wage fanatical religious wars where they wipe out entire civilizations. Iran isn't even close to being civilized & it's leaders are always fanatics. These crazies would start tossing nukes like they were snowballs. Insanity rules in the Middle East.

Answer 8

Any country, including Iran can have anything it wants to have.
The issue is, the USA will not supply or assist in supplying
'nukes' to terrorist countries or countries that support terorrism.
I feel more secure knowing that we don't hand out 'nukes' to nutcases.

Answer 9

Like all, men in power they want to control what happens and when. The middle eastern countries are very rich in oil extra and if they have the weapons to defend themselves then countries like the USA and Britain etc will find it hard to get control of that commodity when they need it. The middle east has the potential to be very powerful and this scares the UN etc as they have had power for so long.

There is no reason to think that they would use these weapons unless threatened as any other country.

Answer 10

Iran's president has stated his desire to wipe another country off the map. 100 years ago that alone would have been a cause for war. We are being admirably-- or foolishly-- restrained.

In the meantime we'd rather he not develop the means to do exactly that.

Answer 11

If it were MY decision every country that has them needs to Declare war on every country that tries to aquire them! No questions asked If you test you get Nuked! This is not about being Fair this is about the most deadly weapon on earth. Why would you want everyone to have them?