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  1. 08-11-2010, 07:27 AM #1
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    Iran is no safer with nuclear weapons than it is without.
    What a load of bullshit. If Iran acquired nukes tomorrow, all talk of invasion would be shelved immediately, never to be heard of again. No-one even mentions the idea of invading the DPRK anymore. If it wasn't for the fact that their entire society would immediately collapse, the North Koreans could probably stand down the bulk of their armed forces, because regardless no-one would be prepared to risk the consequences of seriously pissing them off by invading.

    But even if it was true, I doubt you could convince anyone in Iran that it's true, and that's the fundamental problem with the concept of non-proliferation. Why would any nation willingly leave itself helpless in the face of potential extinction?

    Particularly one with a (quite reasonable in this case) paranoia that it is next target on the list for invasion?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MrShrike View Post
    What a load of bullshit. If Iran acquired nukes tomorrow, all talk of invasion would be shelved immediately, never to be heard of again. No-one even mentions the idea of invading the DPRK anymore.
    It must be nice, being so ignorant. UN-backed attack would be almost immediate given the world-wide support for non-proliferation, at least in the places that matter (the West).

    We (America) would love to invade and beat the shit out of North Korea. Why? We like South Korea, we hate totalitarian communist states, and we hate China, and North Korea reminds us of China, only failed. Coincidentally, we're also interested in keeping luke-warm ties with China, since they are the last remaining real threat to our country, economically and politically. They back North Korea. That's why we haven't invaded. Once North Korea finally goes full retard and breaks the few rules PRC has told it not to break (basically no outright, unprovoked foreign aggression), they're fucked. We will never be scared, nor ought we be, of a nation so close to total economic (and subsequent political) failure that they can't even keep power on to their capital city 24/7.
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