iran's nuclear ambition is detrimental to the whole world as the country is run by zealots havig scant regard for civilisation.\nits blatant violation of united nation's watch dog smacks of ill will towards western countries particularly usa. it is duty of every thoughtful person to raise voice abainst iran and its ilks.
203955
Iran has as much right to Nuclear Weapons as any other country which already has. \nIf Iran choses to ingnore the United Nations, why not? USA and England regularly ingnore the UN when they want to attack Yugoslavia, Afganistan, Iraq... but they leave the UN to clean up the mess.\nAs westerners we have no right to criticise people because they see or think differently.\nHowever, many Iranians are brainwashed into hating the west, but here is the final question.. Isn't this what the US and britain is trying to do with all the terrorist stuff?? Where are all the terrorist attacks happening in the west??? We're certainly giving up a lot of freedom because of this threat.
94229
This is all very convenient and farcical. You have the most belligerent nation on the planet, the only one that has used nukes in the past, the one that has the capability to destroy the world many times over, behaving like an empire telling nations what they should or should not do.\nThe assumption that other nations who may want nuclear weapons are "crazy" serves as the rationale for not allowing them to have them.\nIf you paint your adversary like a nut job bent on destroying Israel then everything you do or say will be justified.\nI don't particularly like Iran, a theocratic dictatorship, but one must remember that the primary goal of any dictatorship is to stay in power. Iran knows very well that if they would use nukes on anyone, let alone Israel, they would be wiped off the map.\nThe same reasoning was valid for Saddam's Iraq.\nThe last thing a fledgling dictator like him could have wanted was to create a case for being removed. That's why the alarm by the US govt that Iraq was a threat are ludicrous.\nBut people get easily drunk on propaganda.
178393
I think Iranian government(which is separate from its people) is developing Nuke Weapons (in their own words) to promote Islam in other countries. This is one of their goals. I think U.S and other countries must be aware that this regime doesn't care about it's own people, and so they don't care about anyone in the world. \nIran is one of the richest oil nations, but look how their citizens are living!!!! all the money form oil exports are in their own bank accounts in foreign countries.\nDo you know how many political prisoners are in prisons in Iran!!! They kill, torture and do lots of stuff that you can't imagine. \nI think the first thing U.S and other countries can do is to freeze their assets and money in banks.  some of them(people in Iran Regime) has Green card and travel to U.S. if Bush means what he says how they can travel to his country so easily.\nIranian people has nothing to do with all this. Why they should pay the price. All these things you see in T.V that some people are supporting them, these are their own people and they are paid to be there. \nBut in my opinion they should try to resolve the problem in a way that Iranian people pay the least price.
163859
They did not accept Russia's proposal to enrich uranium for them. This makes it look like they are trying to develop nuclear weapons. Their actions are living up to the 'axis of evil' title that mr.bush said. For the safety and stability of the innocent people of the region, their nuclear facilities should be bombed. They looked like a religeous people with great morals before. Now they look like fanatics who want to wipe Isreal off the map and are developming weapons of mass destruction. Korea is unlikely to use any of its stockpile. Iran is more likely to use theirs to kill innocent people (Israel). And if you can justify using nuclear weapons there, where would they stop?
87016
Why ? We don't even have diplomatic relations with Iran. \n\nTell Iran to not only dismantle their nuclear program but treat their religious minorities (Jews, Christians, Bahai's, and Zoroastrians) with respect and then we're talk.
169672
The west should NOT assist any country that is not democratic..period!!!  When Iran turns their nukes toward Israel …..WE will be the first to throw our men and women into harms way!!  And WHY!?  Does someone have the answer to that?  Why should we throw our people into another war in the middle east? For who? For a country that would just as soon through us to the freekin dogs when we no longer are necessary to meet any of their needs???\n\nFor instance Benjamin Natanyahu said…” the cause of the attacks on the United States was a cause of it’s own”  …. Sounds like someone you’d want as an ally now doesn’t it??
85050
I don't see anything happening over Iran too soon.  Any US president would be insane to start a war with Iran and should be sent to a psychiatric facility immediately.  The EU and NATO definitely won't do anything to piss the Iranians off, Iran has missiles that are within range of their countries.  The UN doesnt have the balls to do anything either (plus you have Russia and China who'll oppose a lot on the Security Council).  Frankly, I think Israel is the only one who can be counted on to do anything at all--which in their case is going to be military action.  That, sadly, is going to drag us (the U.S.), if not Europe, in as well.
447978
I think iranian must live like other people!many countries in europa and america have nuclear bombs and use nuclear energy and there should be no difference between nations, all of them or none of them! so if some one country can use technology for their people no one could prevent it and iranian peolpe are so peaceful and they hate war,and just other powerful countries that they fear about their profits in the weak countries make some forces about iran and other countries...
24528
I'm not going to turn this into an anti or pro Bush diatribe (personally, I'm indifferent to him), but the Iran situation is indeed very serious, and it is not just Bush that thinks so.  France, Germany and Britain have been working on this for many years.  China and Russia are stake holders.  Even the Australia Group has issued an opinion.  What you're observing is simply more attention being paid to the matter by the media (don't forget the European Union has been working on this seriously since at least 2000, even before September 11).  Iran clearly wants nuclear weapons and has made overt threats to use them, which escalates the situation above a mere arms race.  Further, Iran has not been transparent with the program, which is a direct violation of an international treaty which the country signed on its own accord.  However, when the EU-3 first noticed that Iran had broken the treaty and bought the issue to international attention, the Iranians suddenly became indignant -- essentially casting asside an agreeement they had made with civilized society.   However, now the attention of the world's citizens is on Iran, I hope that the same level heads that have been working 'behind the scenes' continue to prevail.
348910
Iran is trying to become a legitimate  player in the middle east, We declared Iraq, Iran and North Korea.. We invaded one (Iraq), we are at a stand still with North Korea, and Iran is probably thinking ,,,,If I want to get america to take us seriously..We need a Nuclear weapon...So I understand their motivation. They feel  a nuclear weapon equals respect...Sadly, from us it probably does....
280460
The Iranians do a lot of stupid things, they kept diplomats prisoners for 444 days. The only country that ever did anything close to that. All other countries respect diplomats from other countries.\n  Now they're talking about wiping Israel off the map. They'd do a lot better by joining civilization, and building their country to a modern nation, respected by the other nations because of the advancements they make in science, invention, arts, literature, etc. Instead they follow the stupid path, " If we had the atomic bomb we'd by admired by the world". It shows their mentality, not much.
60921
You ask a question so twisted in meaning that it is hard to figure out how to give an answer that is meaningful to the question.  The U.S. has had very little to trust about the government that Iran has had since 1979.  Iran has expressed the desire to drive Israel out of the Middle East, Iran has sponsored events that call the Holocust of the 1930's and 40's as being a myth, and indeed something that did not happen.  This Myth is supposedly been used to create the state of Israel in 1948.  Part of Irans political agenda is for the destruction of Israel.  The President of Iran states that Israel should be moved to either Germany or the U.S.  I do not understand why they should be Germany's problem if there was no Holocust, and the thought is to return them to the U.S. where they came from, however the Jewish people have been around for over 6,000 years and America has only been populated by the "Old World" for the past 500 years.  The land of Israel and/or Palistine is mentioned in the Bible written long before the Muslim Religion was founded some 700 or so years later.  Why is it so hard for Iran to understand that with their background based in hatered of other people's of the world that the U.N. would want to monitor the peaceful use of Nuclear Power that Iran wants to develope.  How can they not see that the world will not trust that their intentions are not merely peaceful after their history which is an open book.  It is important to the free world to monitor the use of Nuclear Materials and maintain a strict inventory of them.  I hope that this answer has covered all the double talk that your question has posed.
209024
Iran is a "rogue state," which means that they support terrorists and scoff at international relations. Giving a rouge state nuclear weapons is like giving a loaded gun to a baby.
191048
Absolutly.\n\nIran has already said that once they get a nuke they will destory Israel. If you look at the comments from Iran, their goal is not protection but to actully trigger the end of the world... no joke, read up on it. They want to cause a world war that will destroy the earth and bring "Allah" from heaven.\n\nThe rest of the world can not wait till this happens, because if we do nothing then Israel will HAVE to do something, and then we end up in an even bigger war because Israel will be attacked by every other arab nation for attacking Iran.\n\nChina and Russia are just causing trouble as usual because they want that oil money and the techology contracts... just like they did in Iraq.
531773
Who cares what those people think.  I'm more interested in preventing iran from franchising out nuclear weapons to all the arab states and then blowing up the world as part of jihad.  Whatever it takes to prevent that is justified and if that includes turning Iraq, Iran, Syria and whomever else needs it into a sheet of glass because the liberals in this country won't allow the necessary oversite to prevent this in a humane way, then so be it.\n\nWhat matters is preventing world war 3, not satisfying idiot liberals.
150230
If USA nukes Iran, then it would be the advent of another nuclear war. And Once again it would be proved that organizations like UNO are useless against superpower THE USA...!!!\n\nIts high time that people stand up to human rights and stop becoming slaves of power which is nothing but money.\n\nIran and Iraq are the only countries which refused to give oil to states. And then the usa under the pretext of destroying the Weapons of mass destruction, bombed Iraq. \n\nAnd Iran is also not bowing down- and though it went to The Security Council but because its majorly ran by THE USA... it had no where to go...!!!\n\nOne nuclear attack will kill the world...!!! Its high time that people stand for whats right... and not whats wrong...!!! are we waiting for death...???
329547
Yes, the countdown has certainly begun.  This is a time of crises for the world.  I would hope that the used of nuclear weapons against Iran would be the last resort.  Because the first time nuclear weapons are to be used by any nation in an offensive measure, they must prepare to be counter attacked accordingly.  This could easily cause a chain reaction between countries and their allies sparking the Armageddon that we have feared sine the nuclear age has come alive.