Sam Lowry said:
Redbrickbear said:
whiterock said:
historian said:
whiterock said:
The_barBEARian said:
Many Americans do not want the enemy Israeli regime having nuclear weapons either that they have used to blackmail our country since the Yom Kippur war.
When are we going to bomb Israel until they dismantle their nuclear program?
No need to bomb them. They are our best ally.
Also, they don't gave an apocalyptic ideology of routinely threaten their neighbors. Israel's nuclear program is strictly defensive as demonstrated by how many times they have used nukes in warfare. Antisemites have trouble making rational distinctions because they are consumed by their bigotry which is totally irrational.
and the reality that they actually have a rational existential need for nuclear weapons - a tiny, resource-poor country surrounded by hostile neighbors who have repeatedly attacked them. Iran, by comparison, has almost zero existential need for nuclear weapons. it is an enormous, resource rich country of nearly 100m people who has little reason to fear annihilation from any of its neighbors.
Another issue is that under international law Iran has NO right to acquire nuclear weapons regardless of if it feels they are "needed" or not.
[Under the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), only five nations -the USA, Russia, UK, France, and China -are recognized as nuclear weapon states, having tested devices before 1967. All other signatories pledge not to acquire them]
[Iran signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in July 1968 and ratified it in February 1970. As a non-nuclear-weapon state party, Iran is legally committed to not acquiring nuclear weapons and to permitting IAEA inspections under its 1974 safeguards agreement. Iran remains a party, though it has recently debated exiting]
The NPT is a mutual agreement, not a law. Iran has the right to withdraw and acquire nuclear weapons any time it wants.
It has the force of international law
[Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (
NPT) has the force of international law for the nations that have signed and ratified it
As a formal treaty that has "entered into force," it creates legally binding obligations under the principle of
pacta sunt servanda (agreements must be kept).
It is the only multilateral treaty where nuclear-weapon states have a binding legal commitment to the goal of disarmament.
For the 191 parties to the treaty, its provisions are not just suggestions; they are international legal requirements.]
Violation of the treaty is grounds for the UN security council to take action against a State
[If the IAEA cannot verify that a program is peaceful, it reports the state to the
UN Security Council. The Council has the authority to declare the violation a "threat to international peace and security"]
