Why Iran Should Get the Bomb

Foreign Affairs ^ | July/August 2012 | Kenneth N. Waltz

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Wow...we actualy found someone with a zero IQ.

[Paul46360]

Why Iran Should Get the Bomb or
Why Iran SHOULD GET BOMBED

[mountainlion]

The Saudis gave China an open ended contract to supply them with nukes to protect themselves form the insane Iran leaders. Give Iran a bomb and Israel will be their first target. I guess some want a nuclear war.

[Nifster]

Some delusions are just too stupid to comment upon

[Colonel Kangaroo]

I think the the school of thought is called “defensive realism”. Nuclear weapons are “defensive” weapons that deter attack. And a stable balance of power is the guarantee of peace.

[Tenacious 1]

The author is missing one itty-bitty, tiny crumb of information that really negates his entire position.

IRAN HAS REPEATEDLY AFFIRMED THAT THEY INTEND TO WIPE ISRAEL OF THE FACE OF THE EARTH (alah willing).

That is kind of important as Iran would not be able to remotely consider forcing that issue with conventional military engagement.

[DuncanWaring]

Once Iran crosses the nuclear threshold, deterrence will apply, even if the Iranian arsenal is relatively small.

All his arguments assume rational players.

In the real world, Iran is run by people who believe that if they can initiate World War IV, they can coax Imam XII out of his little well and they will go to heaven.

[chrisser]

Israel's regional nuclear monopoly, which has proved remarkably durable for the past four decades, has long fueled instability in the Middle East

Been a long time since I've seen something so breathtakingly stupid in print.

[Nifster]

yeah and that only works if you are not dealing with people who believe in the 12th Imam

[Da Bilge Troll]

This is satire, right?

[Secret Agent Man]

I would be in favor of an article “Why we should bomb Iran with Nuclear Weapons.”

[SampleMan]

The point of this idiot is that if you give a homicidal psychopath the an atomic bomb, that will make them less likely to do something homicidal.

Gosh, where could the flaw be in that logic.

[Red_Devil 232]

Why Iran Should Get the Bomb?

So we can turn their sand into glass.

[null and void]

So I should have a gun to insure peace, right?

[Portcall24]

If only there was some way to get that on my garden. I’d grow the biggest vegetables in the world!

[Darksheare]

The author ascribes old outdated Cold War style “balance” thinking to a regime that believes it can force the islamic messiah The Mahdi to appear by using nukes on their enemies.
The author needs a dose of reality and quick.

[SampleMan]

So I should have a gun to insure peace, right?

Bad people with weapons are dangerous.

Good people with weapons are stabilizing forces.

The equation does not change whether the weapon is a gun or an atomic bomb.

[Darksheare]

But Nully, you’re not a homicidal psychopath that daily preaches from the rooftops about martyring your friends and neighbors in the hopes of forcing some bigger psychopath to appear and destroy the world.

But you do live in an area that has people of a similar bent.
Uh.. hmm..

Any escape plans yet?

[Army Air Corps]

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