An Iranian Nuclear Bomb, or the Bombing of Iran?
Iran, unlike Iraq with its nonexistent WMDs, appears to actually be becoming a nuclear threat. Western nations have agreed to sanction Iran and its ballot rigging president Ahmadinejad, but China and Russia both oppose any trade embargoes. For a quick history lesson, let's try to understand why these two world powers refuse to limit Persia's nuclear powers. First, China receives most of its oil from Iran and sees no reason to end this commerce. It also has roughly $120 billion invested in Iran. Russia similarly has vast business interests in Iran, as it pierced its reach into Iran after the US overthrew the democratically elected Prime Minister. Neither China nor Russia eager wants to forfeit this regional influence.
Now add into the mix Israel, a country outfitted with a very capable nuclear arsenal. Current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has compared Iran's nuclear desires to Nazi Germany's world domination ambitions. He said, "Iran is seeking to obtain a nuclear weapon and constitutes the gravest threat to [Israel's] existence since the war of independence." Recently, Israel has been criticized internationally for using aggressive military force and overly vengeful retaliations against Hezbollah in Lebanon and in Gaza. What happens when a small country like Israel feels threatened by uncertainty of an unstable enemy with nuclear weapons? Iran already has missles and warheads whose range easily reaches Israel. Will Netanyahu react preemptively to an "Iranian regime [] fueled by extreme fundamentalism"?
If I were writing history, I couldn't have come up with a better precursor for a domino effect of nuclear war. I hope history's authors are less grim.
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Now add into the mix Israel, a country outfitted with a very capable nuclear arsenal. Current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has compared Iran's nuclear desires to Nazi Germany's world domination ambitions. He said, "Iran is seeking to obtain a nuclear weapon and constitutes the gravest threat to [Israel's] existence since the war of independence." Recently, Israel has been criticized internationally for using aggressive military force and overly vengeful retaliations against Hezbollah in Lebanon and in Gaza. What happens when a small country like Israel feels threatened by uncertainty of an unstable enemy with nuclear weapons? Iran already has missles and warheads whose range easily reaches Israel. Will Netanyahu react preemptively to an "Iranian regime [] fueled by extreme fundamentalism"?
If I were writing history, I couldn't have come up with a better precursor for a domino effect of nuclear war. I hope history's authors are less grim.
For further reading, click here.
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