The USA wants to "secure its interests" in the region. This means it wants to remove any possible threats to its status as a superpower. This does not mean Iran is in fact militarily powerful. Even if they had a few nuclear weapons, USA has thousands. The USA wants economic dominance. Without profits from its products, like McDonald's and Coke, they would not be able to fund for its army.
When Britain was a superpower, they followed a similar policy. By establishing themselves as the main providers of economic goods to their colonies, they maintained their power. Just before WW2, they were at the height of their empire, with colonies on every part of the globe. That's how a tiny country like Britain controlled and influenced the world: everbody was FORCED to buy their stuff at gunpoint! And they did their best to remove (by force if necessary) any competition. If a small country dared oppose them, they'd send in the army. If it was a bigger country like France, they'd make economic deals with other European countries to secure alliances and ensure their victory. It took the combined forces of Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan to bring the British Empire down. The USA saved them from total destruction, and Britain lives on as a junior ally to the new superpower (USA). But its economic empire was crippled, its colonies gone, its country in debt until now to the USA.
Now, the USA is following in the footsteps of 'grandfather Britain'. To hold onto firm economic power, all competitors to the USA must be either reduced to a weak size, or be eliminated altogether. Much of the economy of the USA is run by large corporations with many Jewish owners and directors. Understandably, the Jews feel threatened and want to protect Israel. By forcing their state into existence in 1948, they made a lot of enemies in the area. Reinforcing their position as a hostile neighbour to the Arabs with several more wars they instigated from 1956-2006, Israel has no friends in the region.
So make a quick calculation. The USA, with its large and powerful Jewish population needs economic stength to maintain its status as a superpower. Arab states,
obviously weaker and threatened by the presence of a hostile Israeli state beside them, are defending their own cultures against the Western powers. It stands to reason that Israel will be helped out by the USA which supports them. They need each other to exist.
The Arab countries that are apparently a "threat" to USA are no threat at all militarily, just like Iraq was not. The ease with which the coaliton defeated Iraq is a clear example of the weakness of all Arab states economically and militarily. The nuclear threat of Iran is a joke! Its a smear campaign, a way of blackening the image of Iran to an ignorant mass of media consumers in the Western hemisphere. Tell me, who in America knows anything at all about Iran? What customs do they have? What language do the speak (its not Arabic!)? Its so easy to label their president a "madman" without knowing the least bit about the country, simply because the US media says he is! Perhaps he's defending his own country and culture from Americanization!
However, economically, they are a threat to the USA. Arab states have the least amount of American imported products of any other developed country. North Korea is another! The USA sees these countries as economic threats more than anything. Obviously, the US media won't tell its own people that because Americans might suddenly discover that the Gap jeans they wear, the Coke they drink, and the Hollywood movies they watch are all connected to profits used to control the economies and lives of weaker states unable to resist the influx of American power into their cultures. Its no fun for the average Joe in USA to find out that Mickey Mouse is in fact a gangster! That would be "bad for business", Unlce Sam style!
2007-04-10 03:30:46
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answered by Mike 4
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The US is not trying to stop them from having nuclear power plants....It is the only country to see firsthand what it's own nuke did to another country...A mistake on it's part but a mistake that ended a world war...If Iran only wanted to build nuclear power plants, there wouldn't be a problem...But the whole world knows Iran wants to wipe Israel off the face of the earth...and a nuke would do just that....Why is it that when another country is in trouble they always call on the US? We do not want or intend to be the boss...Thinking of this brings up an old saying "damned if you do and damned if you don't". Lot of country want us to police the world in a since and when we do they say try to run everyone's business...when we sit and do nothing they hate us for that too....
2007-04-09 23:55:00
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answered by big_kev007 1
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Interviews on CNN comprise feeds from British visitors. Iran & Nuclear vigor has been up the entrance burner of the complete UN, with Russia & China weighing in closely. Of direction their governments care (their persons I do not know.) Europe has been commenting for a even as when you consider that they're in direct first variety of a nuclear Iran earlier than the US is. France in general sits on a fence, however supported the sanctions towards Iran. Russia & China provide guns to Iran - probably the most guns shot at Israel have Chinese & Russian markings with Iranian markings with them (that is the alternate course of guns to Hamas & Hizbollah). So the ones 2 suppying international locations are very concerned, & WWIII as been within the making with a "west, east" conflict. In China it is frequently blocked from viewing. Wouldn't desire to provide their persons any suggestions of THEIR choices. This is information. Individual persons won't desire to look at when they get the gist. This is a giant deal. I'd bet the inside track media for a even as hasn't been very informative of why any person cares approximately something & what the connections are - so that you can no longer understand with ease. (I discover the studies more often than not superficial & do not speak adequate approximately the relaxation of the sector to provide a clue.) EDIT: I forgot so as to add approximately oil pursuits on this planet. Also, Iran has been getting it is nuclear technological know-how from N. Korea & had been allies (no less than to a point.) So the complete Asia theater cares.
2016-09-05 09:01:20
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answered by ? 4
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The US feel that it is the only country that should have nuclear weapons. Thus, it declares other countries as irresponsible when developing nuclear capabilities. Under the International Law, countries must have equal rights just like possession of nuclear weapons which is not being implemented by the UN.
2007-04-09 23:53:29
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answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7
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It might have something to do with the Iranian president saying that he wants to wipe Israel off the map. And it's not just the US that has issues with Iran having nuclear capabilities, the EU and the UN have issues with it as well.
2007-04-10 01:11:38
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answered by Judge Dredd 5
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Because our government relies on our lovely cia to inform us that iran is working against us in iraq and supplying weapons to the insurgents. Therefore the us assumes that iran is going to use the the chemicals produced from having nuclear power to make bombs for the taliban and hezbula. Our lovely president loves to assume things instead of getting facts.
2007-04-09 23:49:10
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answered by dee 3
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The US isn't the only one protesting it.
As a matter of fact, it is the EU who is the lead in this.
Everyone sees the danger in letting Iran have nuclear capabilities.
2007-04-09 23:33:05
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answered by ? 6
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I don't know. Why does any one not protest you asking stupid questions. My mom used to tell me when I was a little lad that there is no such thing as stupid questions but yahoo has proved my mom wrong. First off the US is not the only ones seeing danger in Iran having the capability to wipe away a country, and second the US is not the leader of the pack in stopping them the EU is. ........ Shadow Stalker
2007-04-09 23:36:32
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answered by srtfugitiverecoveryagency 4
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Iran wants what is better known here in the states as Armageddon. They want the world to be rid of the great satan America. This is their ultimate goal and if they will use suicide bombers to send this message what do you think they will do when they have the BIG bomb.
2007-04-09 23:54:05
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answered by Enigma 6
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Because they are a fanatical Muslim state who threatened to wipe Israel off the map.
Because no other country can match the technology-advanced USA.
Why no protest?
You don't fck with the US of A.
2007-04-09 23:44:50
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answered by Anonymous
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