why do we focus on Iran more we do on N. Korea? Both have nuclear issue?
485761
it is not our place to say what should be done considering that what we talk about is pretty irrelevant as the don't give a shit about us-we're just there to populate and have families and be happy about it.\nthey both have the same problems,but i think they feel that Iran poses more threat to them than the N Koreans do.
1031239
"Now they are a bigger threat"??, they have always been a real threat, there was some progress with the Sunshine Policy of late 90's and early 2000's \n\nColin Powel said we would continue to negotiate with them....UNTIL Bush snuffed it and we stopped diplomacy and made South Korea look like fools.\n\nThose people are starving....we could have negotiated with them for food and oil but The Bush Admin. really really droped the ball.\n\nAs for Iran there was so much possiblity to negotiate with them, but again the Bush adminstartions strategy or diplomacy is not to talk or negoitate.
401042
Well Britain , Australia , the US have shown that they\nare responsible with their nukes and will not use them to kill million of people however Iran is different. The President of Iran had said that Israel should be wiped off the face of the planet> I don't know about you but I don't trust nuclear technology to a person who goals is to wipe another country out of existence.He had apparently said that the world will end in three years and his goal is to bring chaos and destruction to the world to bring about \nthe reign of a Muslim prophet . This Prophet will make the world an Islamics world- Can you trust a guy who said all that with nukes??\n\n there a different process to transform Uranium to\nuse for Power than for weapon . the problem is that Iran\nrefused Russia offer to enrich Uranium for them to make sure it wont be used for WMD. .This is a compromise agreed on by the UN to let Iran have nuclear power for energy consummation. Why? the obvious reason is the want nuclear grade uranium for WMD.
523838
If we invade Iran it will be a grave mistake for one they can fight back ,its not as easy as invading Iraq (and we've turned that into an impossible situation). Also my personal opinion is that whilst were pointing the finger at Iran and getting all above ourselves there are bigger nuclear issues  that are being avoided like North Korea and China that have nuclear capability and would without a shadow of a doubt, whilst every ones focus is off them attempt to take over the world. (and could quite possibly succeed)
333463
Why is it the the U.S. can have nuclear weapons and Iran can't?
861092
No, it means that both of those countries that you mentioned are in CLEAR AND BLATANT violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.\nThe US is not in violation of it.  Neither are the other nuclear-armed countries who agreed to the treaty.\nNorth Korea and Iran would have to have completely peaceful governments in order to develop nuclear technology.  They do not, therefore they SHOULD NOT develop anything nuclear.
1128663
Because North Korea already having Nuclear Bombs and Iran just only starting. Iran having Oil but North Korea -----------
170538
Because the US is a prick who thinks they can control the world. The US is like the evil person in James Boind movies. They think they are very powerful and want to take over the world. Iran is like James Bond. In they end the evil person dies and Bond gets laid.
393210
Pakistan is a nuclear-powered Muslim nation, and we don't care. They have proven to be responsible, reasonable, and very aware of the consequences of using those weapons. The reason that we are concerned about Iran is that IT'S BEING RUN BY A BUNCH OF LUNATICS!!! It's the same difference between giving a calm, sane man a gun and giving one to a mental hospital escapee.\n\nIran (as a nation) is violent, reckless, and totally irresponsible. They don't deserve rifles, much less atomic bombs. I hope and pray that someone airstrikes their nuclear program before it's too late.
204478
aiight bro. I just got back from living in korea and deploying to iraq with the US army. Nobody is going to mess with north korea without some serious backup. They invest almost all thier gross domestic product as a country into strengthening thier military. They have a standing army of over two million people. Iran is just another iraq except for the fact that during the 70's we supplied them with arms and were trying to make them a puppet state of democracy, (sounds familiar huh) but jimmy carter let the sha of iran fry when he needed our help during the islamic revolution. so iran is now the bad guy and for a while was a puppet of the soviet union and got arms from there. So they have been hooked up big time and got some good equipment, but they dont have the military leadership that can compare or the precision strike capabilities or special operators like we do. North korea does and is therefore a completely different animal. we can go into iran and knock heads, but if we need to hit up north korea, we need like everybody to have our back.
1047225
Now they are saying they have nuclear warheads.  Before they weren't.  \n\nHowever, I read in the papers during the early days after the fall of Baghdad that Saddam had had a pact with North Korea, that when one of them would become the focus of western enforcement, the other would start a diversion.  They didn't think we could focus on both of them.  No clue if Iran has such a pact with them now, but I did think of that.
786455
Well Iran has been wanting to talk with the US for a while now.  When the Pres of Iran wrote his letter to Bush he said that he would love to talk to the US to discuss options.  Yet we just blew him off and talked about military options.  We make Iran to be this big bad guy but if we were to just listen to what they really say instead of listen to what just the media and our own govt tell us...we'd understand it better.
427986
Why should we tell Iran what to do.\nWe should just leave them alone.\nIt's there choice to decide what to use nuclear power for.
340492
Threat to humanity?  Yes.  Waving around nuclear weapons and making threats can have ill effects on EVERYONE IN THE WORLD.  The world powers have a stake in the interests of the middle east. OIL.  Iran is power crazed, prideful and hateful.  They have a lot of the worlds oil and now they can make nukes.  No wonder North Korea and Iran are buddies.
323620
I am thinking that we should stop being racist and arrogant.\nI am also thinking that we are not in charge of the universe.\nI am also thinking that if we have the right to have nuclear arms so should they.\n\nAfter all, we are not better than anyone else.\nAfter all, Iran is far less dangerous than the US ehich already has its own nuclear weapons.\n\nIn the last 50 years Iran has attacked exactly zero countries. In fact, through US enccouragement it was attacked by our former clients, the Iraqis.\nThe US has attacked Iraq, Vietnam, Guatemala, Grenada, Korea, El Salvador, Cuba, Panama, Egypt, and the list goes on.\n\nMaybe we should get rid of our own nuclear weapons before we ask others to do. We dont want to be hypocrites, right?\n\nBy the way, Iranians have never claimed or said they are developing nuclear weapons. Only the US has made this claim. And I sure beleive what W and Cheney say, right? ;-)
132477
Interesting question.  \n\nOn the one hand, the US and other nations rightly perceive Iran as a threat, and don't want Iran to have the power to build nuclear power plants, as this could lead to nuclear weapons.\n\nOn the other hand, Iran rightly perceives the US as a threat, and the Iranian leadership is responding to that with tough talk, and refusal to back down.  Which then feeds into other countries perceiving Iran as a threat, and it's a vicious circle.\n\nPersonally, I'm not sure what to say.  I don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons, and it would be hard for them to have nuclear power plants without getting access to nuclear weapons technology.  The proposal that Russia refine the uranium that is used in Iranian power plants completely misses the point of the issue, which is independenc/autonomy.  \n\nUnfortunately, I think the short-term answer is a lot of behind-the-scenes diplomacy, ending in face-saving measures for all sides, and a lot of backing down.  Perhaps something like Iran stops trying to develop nuclear power, and other nations help them develop sustainable, clean energy from other sources.  Bet solar panels would be very effective over there.  In private, meanwhile, Western nations would perhaps agree to stop developing new nuclear power plants or nuclear weapons, and claim publically some other reason.  It sounds like we're giving up a lot there, but really we're only giving up things that put us at danger anyway, because it's impossible to make a nuclear plant _completely_ safe from terrorist attack, and the development of new nuclear weapons just leads to proliferation.
129192
NOrth Korea.  They are in a desperate situation because of natural causes, IE a famine.  Desperate people tend to do desperate things and are dangerous.  But Iran isn't that far behind!