Should Iran be allowed to have nuclear weapons?

[Charade]

Of course this assumes that they are trying to make them as stated by many sources.

If you answered yes, please explain why.

 

[GeorgeG]

This is a sensitive issue for many right now and getting everyone, or even most, to agree on a solution is next to impossible.

It seems inappropriate that we have weapons that we will not allow others to have. Of course, the countries we don't want to have them will probably use them on their neighbors if not us.

Do they have them or are they trying to make them? I feel that if they don't have them they are trying to make them. These countries, or at least a good portion of their population are dedicated to eliminating all the infidels of the world. That is enough for me to prefer they don't obtain nuclear weapons.

 

[Planogirl]

I'm uneasy with the prospect of controlling other nations too much, even rogue nations. I realize that much of this is necessary but I agree that it's wrong for us to have these weapons while forbidding others to have them.

 

[PaulaSB12]

Iran has seen how the US has backed down from North Korea and Pakistan because they have atomic bombs. With the retoric that is coming out of the US what do you expect them to do? Before the sabra rattling things where starting to move in a more positive way, for example women where using the koran to regain freedoms that had been taken from them, example a 12 year old able to get out a forced marriage and go back to school, because the koran says a forced marriage is no marriage at all. So the war talk going on is only going to make more countries we don't like feel that they need atomic weapons.

 

[Viking]

I voted 'No', but I also think no country should be allowed to have nuclear weapons.

 

[CheshireVal]

I don't like the idea of Iraq having nuclear weapons, but I like the idea of the US going in to stop them even less.

 

[chris1gill]

We should mind our own business for once... What other countries decide to do is up to them... we shouldn't be so *!*! worried about what everybody else in the world is doing... Maybe we should be more concerned about finding the bodies in New Orleans & re-building the gulf coast than putting our nose in where it just doesn't belong

 

[Charade]

We should mind our own business for once... What other countries decide to do is up to them... we shouldn't be so *!*! worried about what everybody else in the world is doing... Maybe we should be more concerned about finding the bodies in New Orleans & re-building the gulf coast than putting our nose in where it just doesn't belong

I guess your answer is yes?

Are you not afraid of what Iran might do if they have nuclear weapons?

 

[Charade]

I voted 'No', but I also think no country should be allowed to have nuclear weapons.

That would work for me too but I believe it's unrealistic because there will always be rogue countries that want them and will get them at any cost.

 

[salmoneous]

I voted "other." There is no allowing or not allowing. We don't have a say so. At this point, there is nothing we can do to stop them if they want nukes. Dropping a few bombs, or even a whole lot of bombs isn't going to stop them.

We should try and make it in their interest to either give up their desire for nukes, or make sure they never want to use the nukes they get.

 

[AllyandJack]

I say we mind our own business. I know we have to think globally and all that, but the chances of them hitting us with a nuke are slim (unless we let someone walk in with one, which is possible, I suppose), so why should we get involved? If they threaten some other countries that they can hit, let them deal with it.

As soon as we try to go in and help, everyone goes nuts, so no more help. Let whatever countries are in the cross-hairs fight for themselves and we should worry about what's going on right here.

 

[Free4Life11]

If you answered yes, please explain why.

How about explaining why people said no as well

I'm uneasy with the prospect of controlling other nations too much, even rogue nations. I realize that much of this is necessary but I agree that it's wrong for us to have these weapons while forbidding others to have them.

That is my thought. Plus the U.S. is the only country who has ever used them. No "rogue" country has yet to use them.

 

[Marseeya]

Nobody should, least of all us. I don't feel safe with nukes in the hand of W.

Plus, like Free4Life said, we're the only ones who have used them.

 

[Charade]

How about explaining why people said no as well

Fair enough. I should have asked for all to explain thier choice.

That is my thought. Plus the U.S. is the only country who has ever used them. No "rogue" country has yet to use them.

True and true. But the world is MUCH different now than in 1945. Wouldn't you say?

 

[DawnCt1]

How about explaining why people said no as well



That is my thought. Plus the U.S. is the only country who has ever used them. No "rogue" country has yet to use them.

Iran's goal is to drive Israel to the sea. They are a totalitarian regime that would love to control the entire region without respect towards their neighbors or the rest of the world. The arguement that the US is the only country who has ever used them" is tiresome. We have never "used" them to gain power, gain territory or take over another country and keep it for our own. We have used them to liberate other countries, save the world from Japanese domination and save millions of lives.

 

[chris1gill]

I guess your answer is yes?

Are you not afraid of what Iran might do if they have nuclear weapons?

My answer is yes... it really is NONE of our business.... absolutely NONE of our business. We need to concentrate on taking care of the people in our own country... I can't believe all this talking goes on & yet there are still deceased people in their homes in New Orleans... it is unimaginable that a Global Super Power such as the U.S. cannot even go and collect their own dead, but we'll be the first ones to jump into somebody else's country... What other countries decide to do is NOT up to us....

What is the likelihood that Iran will nuke us?? I'd say slim to none, we'll retalliate straight away & that will be the end of Iran....

It's time for change... why do we spend more money on our military than any other nation in the world?? It is not our business to go save the world... we need to save ourselves before we save the world... I don't see much of that happening, it's just terribly sad...

 

[CookieGVB]

I don't think any of us *should* have them.

 

[momof2inPA]

I voted "other." There is no allowing or not allowing. We don't have a say so. At this point, there is nothing we can do to stop them if they want nukes. Dropping a few bombs, or even a whole lot of bombs isn't going to stop them.

We should try and make it in their interest to either give up their desire for nukes, or make sure they never want to use the nukes they get.

I agree with the 1st paragraph. It's 60 year old technology, and we can't completely control who has it. Like it or not, we created this monster, now we have to live with it.

I disagree with the second paragraph to some extent. We shouldn't bow down to or suck up to other countries because they have nukes-- that includes China. For all intents and purposes, since China, Nigeria, and Iran are all best oil buds, I'm not sure if it really matters that Iran has nuclear bombs. To truly object their proliferation to Iran, we should sever ties with China, but that will never happen.