A nuclear armed Iran, especially if it acquires intercontinental missiles, will threaten the security of the US, Europe,and Israel.
I dispute this. Russia and the US can, independently of one another, turn Iran into a parking lot with the push of a few buttons. By all accounts so can Israel too.
But having nukes would give Iran enormous deterrent power. This, more than intercontinental attack, is what the US fears most I'll wager. Its so easy to invade an oil rich area that has no nukes, not so easy to do the same to an armed opponent.
Given the way US foreign policy is playing out, one might argue that policy is indeed herding such isolated states down the nuclear weapons build up ramp like so many cattle.
The dangers are immense and easily recognized.
There are dangers in everything.
A key question here -- what components of US foreign and economic (for in the end, all policy is in some way based on economics) policy, current or past (as current often builds upon the past, like it or not), contribute to "danger"? |
