Iran's Nuclear Weapon
by James Glaser
February 11, 2010

We let the cat out of the bag years ago, and now Britain, China, France, India, Pakistan, Russia, North Korea, and Israel have nuclear weapons, too.

Washington is in a tizzy because Iran wants its own nukes. I don't blame Iran. We, the United States, have over 10,000 nuclear warheads, as does Russia. Those numbers makes one want to ask, why so many?

There is no good reason, other than the fact somebody makes a lot of money with each weapon they sell to the government. So, what happens if Iran has its own nuke? Probably nothing. Iran really can't be any more crazy that North Korea, and North Korea hasn't attacked anyone with theirs. If Iran has its own nuke, that will mean that Iran has its own nuke.

Like every other nuclear power, Iran will learn that you spend a lot of money guarding and storing your weapons, and they will also realize that they can't use them. The last time anyone used a nuclear weapon in a war was in 1945, and that was us.

The United States is the only country to use nuclear weapons, and we are telling Iran they can't be trusted with them. For sure we can't be trusted with them either. We have already proved that without a doubt.

So, if Iran wants nuclear weapons that badly, they are going to somehow get them, and we are really wasting our energy trying to tell them they can't.




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