re: Russian help for Iranian nuke program:
The Pakistani nuclear weapon program was really a collaborative effort. The Pakistanis freely exchanged material, tools, plans, with N. Korea, Iran, Libya, and others. The Saudis largely funded the effort. It should be thought of as an Islamic Bomb, not a Pakistani Bomb.
Iranian oil isn't going to run out for a long time. From a purely economic viewpoint, it makes no sense to develop alternative energy sources, especially a difficult and expensive alternative like nuclear power. Civilian nuclear power programs, in Iran and elsewhere, create the materials and technology needed to make bombs.
We've given Iran excellent reasons to want nuclear weapons. Iran is now totally surrounded by the Hegemon's soldiers and warships. Just like Pakistan, they will develop nuclear weapons, and use a civilian power program as a cover, and there isn't anything effective we can do about it. |
