At the risk of having my tricornered hat and fife revoked, is the only country ever to use a nuke, and unnecessarily so, really in a moral position to forbid its possession by others? Especially when some of the ones who already have it aren’t ideal. Morality aside, we wants what we wants. Of course I’d like us to try as hard as possible to deprive Iran of nukes, short of war. But there’s the thing. I’m not willing to go to war, which is the majority opinion I think, and also Paul’s opinion.
As a side note, I think it’s an utterly absurd position we find ourselves in when we insist on screening every nation in the world for worthiness to have a particular weapon. That’s not being World Poluce, even. More like World Hall Monitor, or something. Not even the British or Roman empires had to deal with that. I’d rather have oldfashioned colonies to steal from.
Iran agreed to not produce nuclear weapons and to avoid proliferation when it first received nuclear technology under the “Atoms for Peace” program started by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
A war to enforce that treaty is consistent both with international law and with libertarian ideology.
One trouble is that with our draw down, we’d need to use our forces from pretty much everywhere for a serious ground offensive against Iran.
The biggest trouble though is that President Obama is uninterested in expending political capital on Iran. The President is also ideologically inclined to incorrectly see Iran as a mistreated former colony rather than a fascist state controlled by mullahs and Russian sympathizers.
If you think genocidal maniacs with nuclear weapons is a good idea, I don’t know what to tell you. But don’t worry, we won’t go to war with Iran as long as Barry disgraces the White House with his foul presence.
The United States was justified for using the atomic bomb in World War II. It made the invasion of mainland Japan unnecessary, which saved countless American lives. It was the only thing Truman did right, I won’t take it from him.
Yes, the US has every right to say who can and can’t have nuclear weapons. There are nations that can be trusted with them, like the UK and Israel. There are those who should be reduced to smoldering craters for even considering having them, like Islamonazi Iran.