The problem with bombing Saddam's reactor, is not just that it violates Iraq's sovereignty. The problem is, it doesn't work. Has that bombing stopped the steady spread of nuclear weapons into the region? Maybe it slowed the process down a bit. Mostly, it convinced everyone they needed Equalizers for the nukes brandished by the Great Satan, Little Satan, and the Zionist Crusader State. And convinced them to build their nuclear facilities deep underground, in multiple hidden sites, where bombing can't reach them.
You could, maybe, convince me that bombing Saddam's reactor was a useful delaying tactic at the time. But those methods were never a permanent solution, and won't work today against Iran or N. Korea.
The way to stop the spread of nuclear weapons is:
1. Respect every nation's sovereignty, so they don't have a need for nukes.
2. Don't sell them the materials and technology (duh, but nobody does this obvious method).
3. Don't arm their enemies. U.S. complicity in arming Israel with nukes and the means to deliver them, is a big reason why the surrounding States want nukes.
4. A strict No First Use policy by all nuclear powers.
5. Embargoes, sanctions, blockades, to punish proliferators.
6. gradual disarmament by nuclear powers, turning control of their nukes over to the (reformed) UN, with universal intrusive inspections to verify compliance.
7. a global Marshall Plan, as a carrot for compliance. |
