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Originally Posted by Lazonby
Points you need pulling up on:
1. The Iranians are 10 years from getting nukes eh? Well, if they switch on the 54,000 centrifuges they have, they will have enough enriched uranium for a bomb in about 16 days. They already have nuclear-capable missiles..
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In the first place - they dont have 54k centrifuges - they are threatening to build that many - currently they have 164 on line and most nuclear experts (not politicians) agree that it would take 5-10 years at least if not longer to get that many pots online in a cascade system
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/13/wo...ei=5 087hahaA
They also have nothing near a missle capable of handling a nuke warhead - thye might be able to buy one on the black market but that is even very doubtful as even pakistan had to come to us to get one
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Originally Posted by Lazonby
2. Since the Iranian leadership is not legitimate, it does not have the right to protect itself. This is along the same line of logic that armed robbers do not have the right to kill police officers who are trying to arrest them...
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I dont know where this is coming from - maybe some hype from FOX??? You might read the actual constitution they have and the leadership structure they voted on which has been accepted worldwide (even the US backed it when it occured as a great step forward)
http://www.iranonline.com/iran/iran-...eadership.html
Being a sovereign nation the do have every right in the world to protect themselves
A little information that you might not remember - in 1976 Gerald Ford signed a Presidential directive to offering Tehran the chance to buy and operate a US-built reprocessing facility for extracting plutonium from nuclear reactor fuel. Iran also is a member of the non-proliferation treaty which Under Article IV of the nuclear Treaty, member states are assured access to the benefits of civilian nuclear energy - they are just asserting that right.
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Originally Posted by Lazonby
3. The Christian right does not have control over nukes in America. If you think that President bush is a devout Christian, you need to do a little research into what it means to be a Christian. President Bush plays up to the Christians in America (whether they are right or left wing), because he wants their vote. Even though our own Prime Minister in this country (Tony Blair) is not a Christian, he still says things which please the Christians, because he wants their votes.
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You might do a little research into who really controls the nukes in the US - it has very little to do with the president - although he will do what he's told - there is a much larger contingent of people that really control the military - of course lately the retired Generals who started out in Iraq 3 years ago have been finally coming out and exposing that leadership for what it really is.
Finally - if you think Bush doesnt believe he is following exactly what the Christian path decrees - Read your own countrys news -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pre.../06/bush.shtml where Bush finally revealed that god told him to go to war in Iraq