Little Hawk - 14 Feb 06 - 05:58 PM

"Yes, like any country that expects to be attacked (example: Israel) they seek a deterrent capability. But they're evil and insane, so we can't allow them a deterrent capability such as we allow ourselves, can we?"

In stating the above why not mention that Israel were not signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and as such are not bound by any of its terms or conditions (Same applies to India & Pakistan). Iran on the other hand was a signatory and is bound by those terms and conditions. It has not met its obligations under the terms of the treaty and now has a head of state that wishes to see an country that the UN recognises "Wiped from map". As science cannot dis-invented the nuclear powers at the time of the signing of the treaty were allowed to keep their weapons and were to engage in the process of disarmament. There were at that time five nuclear powers, the USA and the USSR started the disarming process, but this was halted when first India then Pakistan announced that they too had nuclear weapons.

There is no double standard with regard to Iran having nuclear weapons, please do not try to portray the situation as it is not.