The US is pressing for tough action on Iran and it’s ambitions to join the Nuke Club.
It’s the usual rant about rogue states but none of it makes much sense when the rest of the club is in the process of getting new toys. Mind you without rogue states it’s hard to make any sense of it anyway.
I have a few of questions. Currently the UK, USA and the Russian’s are in the process of upgrading, renewing or developing their nuclear arsenals. Who are they targeting?
If the cold war is over then why the need for new sophisticated nukes? Iran for instance, a nuclear juvenile could probably be deterred with little more than a few 80’s vintage ballistic missiles, if the ‘deterrence theory’ holds true.
Our governments are committing huge amounts of our money to build new complex and sophisticated weapons yet if our potential adversaries are emerging rogue states like Iran and North Korea who hardly have their first step on the ladder what’s the rational?
China has the potential to build weapons to rival the west but then they also build just about everything else the west consumes, and nice and cheap. Surely we’re not planning to bomb our new mate? Even Woolmart doesn’t mind doing business with commies these days!
So if the US, Euro States, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Israel aren’t planning to go toe to toe with anyone within the club why do we need all this new gear?Anyway the way things are shaping up its very possible that the USA (and whoever they can persuade to join them) are making plans to invade Iran. Erm and just why is that? The Iranian government has said some unpleasant things about Israel. They’ve apparently been involved in supporting terrorists too. It seems that if the Bush administration can pin trying to join the Nuke Club on them they have Carte Blanche to fry the population.
The Iranian people are not their government and to be planning such a campaign to annihilate thousands of innocent people for the words and actions of their leaders is immoral.
I happen to think that Mr Bush is a liar and an idiot, Mr Blair is unhinged and should be held in safe place. One man’s Terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. OK that’s two out of three. If I could lay my hands on a Nuke it would follow the above logic for Mr. Bush to order a preventative pre-emptive nuclear strike on Brighton.