There has been a huge controversy recently re Iranian Navy vessels making port calls in India. India and Iran have always had close military ties... But why is it really bothering the US. Considering the fact that India has a reputation of being a responsible and recognised nuclear power, who has never imparted sensitive technology to anyone else.
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If told that some countries had nuclear weapons you would barely even bat an eyelash as you know that the country would use that technology for defence purposes only, such as Canada.  Other countries with this ability would make you sweat blood.  Giving Iran nuke ability is like putting a madman in a crowded shopping mall with a machine gun.\n\nIran is now testing very advanced missiles that have nuke capabilities........you better be bothered.
604155
I think that all countries should disarm. That is not going to happen at least in my lifetime, so the next best thing would be to stop further development of nuclear weapons. Iran has been offered nuclear technology and nuclear reactors for energy generation and has so far rejected this offer. Iran appears to be more interested in weapons development than nuclear technology for peaceful purposes or it would accept technology from the rest of the world and suspend its own internal research. I hope this disagreement between countries will not end at the unfortunate possible outcome which currently has us in Iraq and Afghanistan but as observations will show it is entirely probable  rather than not.
174108
Iran signed the NPT, (Non-Nuclear Proliferation Treaty) by signing that they agreed to abstain from seeking nuclear weapons.  They are currently in violation of international law.  The US, the UK, Israel, India, France, China and Pakistan did not sign the NPT.  Iran has publicly declared that Israel should not be allowed to exist.  Is that a red flag that Iran should be closely watched in their nuclear ambitions?
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It's delicate. My guess is that Iran will take Russia's offer for enrichment at least for now. I'm quite sure their research will go on, which means sooner or later someone's gonna call their bluff and then it won't matter whether they've been onest about the purpose of their program.\nThe sad thing is Iran still has the NPT and international law on it's side since none of the accusers managed to prove its program is -not- entirely civilian. \nWar right now would be damn inconvenient for US since to most neutral countries it will appear and incessant bullying and some might rally behind Iran, Syria and Venezuela.\nUS can't exploit Iraq oil just yet. Of course US companies will be preffered for drilling and/or refining Iraq oil but they have to wait for the situation in Iraq and give the appearance of elections.
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The UAE has had finacial links to certian terriost groups and that concerns the congress. I am in no way advocating that the UAE has close ties to terriost groups, but in time or war it wouldn't be the smartest idea to allow this to happen. The UAE already runs ports in the middle east & orient. If they had our ports, where is the check & balance? If we could ensure that every container was to be x-rayed and checked that arrived on our shores, then there would probably not be a huge issue. Unfortuantly, only about 10% of the containers are checked. It is better to be safe than sorry.
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Theyre two different government systems. To the best of my knowledge india isnt a militant goverment, where as iran is. \n\nIndia's nuclear program is monitored by the UN and other neighboring countries, they remain peaceful towards the rest of the world, and do not harbor or fund terrorists, nor have they ever threatend to attack any other country without just provocation.\n\nIran refuses to comply with world goverment sanctions and continues to violate treaties and rules which allow the UN to come in and keep tabs on the growing nuclear program. \n\nfron one side of irans mouth they say that the unrainum they are enriching is strictly for peaceful domestic uses, for creating power and improving the quality of life for the peoples of the nation. but from the other side they threaten to attack israel and/or america if anyone messes with them or their program. \n\nThey have not proven to be a trustworthy government by any stretch of the imagination, and people who refuse to play nice cannot be trusted with the ingrediants for mass distruction. the rest of the world would suffer at their mistakes, and the leading nations cannot stand by and let that happen.
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We do not consider the proliferation of nuclear technology for WMD's progress.  When Iran is sitting on one of the largest known oil reserves on Earth the idea she would spend enormous resources to build nuclear power plants is not credible.  \n\nYour President's threats to destroy Israel don't reassure us that your intentions are peaceful. For me your comment that God only shines in Iran suggests your religion and/or culture is superior to mine.  Persons who believe their God only shines on them can use that to justify bad things.    \n\nProgress can take place in many areas that don't threaten the existence of life on our planet. Americans and the world would rejoice if an Iranian found a cure for cancer,  or even the common cold, and we would all hold you in our hearts forever. \n\nIt is not Iranian progress we are concerned about, it is survival
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Why is part of Western world worried bout Iran developing it?\nTake a start from Israel and keep asking questions from there onwards.
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We never encouraged India. In fact we are not especially happy that they have nuclear technology. However here is the difference. \n\nIndia, a thriving Democracy. A relitively free society. A responsible nation that would not use nuclear weapons without dire provocation. A nation that can be mostly trusted not to sell these weapons or through negligence allow these weapons or materials to make them fall into terrorist hands. \n\nIran, making a first stab at Democracy but suffered a severe set back in last elections. A very regimented society bereft of many freedoms Westerners take for granted.  An unstable government leads a nation with a president who actually claims the Holocust never happened. As bad as Western leaders have been in the last 40 years there have been none that were openly delusional like this.  Iran has ties with terrorist organizations and it's Gov is riddled with terrorist sympathizers. It is almost certain that nuclear weapons in Iran or even the materials to make them if the weapons did not exist would fall into the hands of terrorists. Even if the Gov honestly attempted to stop it, there is too much support for terrorism in segments of Iranian society to stop such theft. \n\nIn short, India has the bomb life goes on as always. Iran has the bomb or even the materials needed for one, at least one major city will be blown up killing at least 2 million people. After which a war would start that would likely erase man from the face of the planet. \n\nIslamics somehow thing they can use biological and nuclear weapons and not see their own children if not the entire race wiped off the planet. Why this I would love to hear. More so I would really like to know why ANY Islamic could possibly believe it was safe for any person in the world if most Islamic nations posessed biological or nuclear weapons.
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I believe you're right about the US attempting to have India as a strategic ally against China.  India is probably happy to have the US to count on in the event of a problem with China, too.\nThe fear factor of India doesn't make a lot of sense, because India does not have a history of attacking its allies.  The biggest problem for the US, as far as India is concerned, is Pakistan.  India and Pakistan have long had border problems, and the US has been known to step in to play referee on a few of these skirmishes.  Pakistan is also an ally that we need to keep close.
414791
More of a threat to the world than at any other time. It is not just a few small bands of nutjobs, but there are state sponsors, like Iran and Syria. Then there are the proliferators of WMD and delivery technology, like the North Koreans with their missiles, like the Pakistani nuclear scientist, like the Iranians will be. The ties between these states and terrorists - like Iran's sponsorship of Hezbollah - means that eventually, they will get WMD.\n\nAnd all it takes is one incident, and the genie is out of the bottle.\n\nAnd retreating from Iraq is going to make that threat even worse.
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Yes - Politics. Russia is not cooperating with US efforts to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons (I really detest Cheney and Co. but I think they have a point that Iran shoul dnot have nuclear weapons, and if the UN can the the tool of deterring Iran, that would be great.  The US does NOT want to go war in Iran - they don't have th esoldiers to go to war in IRaq and Afghanistan.  They therefore want the UN to pressure Iran to srop their program, and Russia is blocking this as it has a veto on the UN security council which would be responsible for acting).\n\nCheney is therefore showing Russia that if they don't cooperate, he can cause problems for them too. It is NOT ideology: after slamming Russia he went to Kazakhstan, where the political situation is worse than Russia, and was very friendly, mostly because Kazakhstan has oil, is in Central Asia (the US lost its base in Kazakhstan's neighbor Uzbekistan and may lose its base in another neighbor Kyrgyzstan). All of these Central Asian states are near Afghanistan and Iran.
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I would say so, Jimmy Carter has been called upon several time to act as minister for foreign affairs. America is lucky to have had him as a President. This guy above me is wrong again. President Ford gave Iran the Nuclear technology they have right now. Iran isn't a treat to America anyway, and nobody is listening to the warmongering Republicans on the Iran Issue anyway.
597420
If we keep permitting lunes to develop the resources to construct such a device (Iran, North Korea) and couple that with the Paki's, the conditions are in place. If nuclear war is the same as a pot-shot detonation, maybe in our harbor, or in the Persian Gulf, I think it's likely.
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It's a good thing if we can monitor and help proliferate thier nuclear activities so they remain for energy only, not weapons.  Aiding Iran in this way could lead to future partnerships between our nations, and it sends a positive message to other countries about our ability to act diplomatically.\n\nIt's an important move symbolically, for our national security, and possibly a good business move.
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Iran has the >>inalienable right >> as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes and that's exactly what Iran is doing. \n\nWe all know that the US - Israel & Europe suspect the Iranian Govt. of hiding a weapons program, but they have absolutely no proof to back up these claims. \n\nWhy should we believe the West over Iran, bearing in mind the intellegence fiasco vis-a-vis Iraq and the terrible inhuman consequences emanating from that??\n\nAll US Govt. official refers to Iran's diceit and urges Iran to live up to its international responsibilities under the NPT .. sounds good .. until one realizes just how laced with hypocrisy these statemens really are.
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Iran is using oil to make electricity , atomic tech. is not only to make energy.we use atomic tech. for cancer,biotech,.... ... its a technology and every body should use it.\nwhen you hear about atomic energy you just think about atomic bomb !! israel is not a good nation untill they attack to other nations. iran is strong enough to control the area.they didnt attack to any body just other nation want to attack to iran becouse of oil and they see iran is improving and they can not see that.atomic tech. is an improvment for them.bbc&cnn,... are false,listen to reallity