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Iran and
Nuclear Technology
In the past
few years Israel, the United States and many other members of the
world community have been working very hard to stop Iran from
enriching the uranium that have until a deal can be worked out to
safe guard the region from nuclear proliferation. On August 6,
1945 the United States became the first and on August 9, 1945 the
last to use a nuclear weapon on an enemy when they bombed Japan
into submission. Since the
invention of this incredible force the world has never been the
same. It has created crisis after crisis among the United
States and the Soviet Union, India and Pakistan, South Korea and
North Korea. It has been used as a threat, a deterrent,
but the world has remained unscarred by this awesome power for
over 50 years. Since 1945 the nuclear club has grown
and grown a again. In this early twenty first century as oil
demand continues to grow at an astronomical rate and as more and more
countries are experiencing increased demands due to industrial
growth spearheaded by the new global economy nuclear power is in
demand as well. With the interest in nuclear
technology growing outside of the world super powers many are
becoming concerned with the alternative uses other than to supply
a peaceful power source for growing world populations. The
increasing demands are not being met by the other energy markets.
The fear of smaller nations with questionable motives wanting to
acquire this technology are becoming more and more noticed and
worrisome.
First it was Israel that tipped the balance of power in the Middle
East with their undisclosed capabilities, but widely believed that
they have been a member for quite some time. India and
Pakistan, two countries that have fought over the rights to
Kashmir, joined the nuclear club and have test fires missiles in
the past as a deterrent to each other. North Korea is known
to have nuclear weapons as well. Because of this capability, North
Korea has been able to black mail the West on numerous occasions
in order to get heating oil, food, cash and everything else they
could demand for their limited cooperation. When you possess
a nuclear weapon the way that the world deals with you changes. As of late North
Korea has been much more open about their capabilities and have
are hopefully on the path to joining the rest of the world
community in management of this threat. Now we are
seeing grave concern over the prospect of Iran climbing the ladder
to join the nuclear power club. The seven wannabes nations that
have made attempts to enter the level of nuclear capability but as
of yet not achieved the status of nuclear power are: Egypt,
Libya, Syria, South Korea, Taiwan, Iran, and Serbia and
Montenegro. In the past year Saudi Arabia has mentioned the
possibility of exploring nuclear know how. According to
Israel, Syria was attempting to build a secret reactor that
Israel was able to detect and destroy. According to Israel,
Syria was being aided by North Korea. Syria has denied this
charge and said Israel is conducting unprovoked attacks against
Syria. This exporting of nuclear know how that has reached
Iran and other Middle East countries is a crisis that must be
worked out. Nuclear power is going to happen throughout the
world unless a safer alternative is created. It is crucial that
the world leaders and the UN are able to develop an approach that
guides nations to a peaceful development of a peaceful nuclear
program that severely lessens the chance for creating a nuclear
weapons program. As I stated above it gives unwarranted
power in the world due to it's potential threat to the nation's in
question neighbors.
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Why is the World not
Stopping Iran from becoming a nuclear power?
Well, Iran has not broken any international laws by working
to create a nuclear facility as a source of power for the
future. As long as it is a peaceful program according to
the IAEA, every country has the right to seek out and create
nuclear power as long as their programs are monitored and
remain peaceful in nature.. As Ahmadinejad has stated on
numerous occasions: "Iran's right to nuclear power is
not a question of legality, but rather one that is political
in nature". It is important to understand this as the crisis
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Deals have been attempted to be worked out amid
severe sanctions that have not bent the will of Iran to the point
of becoming more open with their past nuclear weapons program that
Iran denies existed. Iran has not been cooperative with
inspectors and have been not allowing access to all facilities
without notice. Israel, the United States and other Western
countries have become animate over the thought of a nuclear
Iran. As stated above, a series of sanction have been
implemented to induce Iran into full cooperation. Countries
have suggested that the needed nuclear fuel can be provided and
hauled away after it is consumed and becomes nuclear waste.
This is a solution that Iran has no interest in. Ahmadinejad
has pointed out that Iran does not want to be dependent on
countries that have in the past withheld vital necessitates for
things such as commercial airliner parts that hurts the public
safety of Iranians. He is using the fact that the U.S. has
suspended relations and placed embargo's on Iran to the point that
Iran is unable to obtain parts and supplies for items that were
purchased for their infrastructure during the Shah's
administration that was overthrown during the Islamic revolution.
The Shah was a friend to the United States. He has said why should they be dependent
on others when it is Iran's right to have an independent and
peaceful nuclear program. The world has to prove that Iran
is seeking to create a nuclear weapon to be in violation of any
agreements.
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Is Iran's a
peaceful nuclear program or is the threat real?
Iranian officials have stated that there is no stopping a nuclear
Iran. Israel has stated that they can not allow a nuclear
Iran in the region. The one thing that has hindered Iran and
has stopped them from having more widespread support in the world
community are their statements and actions that have alarmed not
only Israel and the United States but also other Middle East
Countries. Saudi Arabia has been concerned with the growing
influence that Iran has been having within the region. the
Iraq war left a void of power in the region that has placed Iran
at the forefront militarily in the region. Saudia Arabia and
Egypt in the past have been the main powers of influence in the
Middle East as they represented their Sunni beliefs along with
this influence. Iran and Syria have been the power of
influence for Shia political governments and organizations. Iraq
has become the newest Shia led government in the region.
Despite being the majority in Iraq the Shia had lived under the
Sunni minority Bathist's that seized power in the late 1968 that
eventually placed Saddam Hussein in power in 1979. With this
addition Iran has seized the opportunity to not only be a leader
among Shia, but to the Muslim world as a whole. Iran is
taking the world stage in the Middle East and has been accused of
supplying weapons and explosives for the Shia militias and
insurgency. Last year it was reported that Iranian made
explosives made their way into Afghanistan that also shares a
border with Iran. It appears that Iran has been waging a war
through proxy in Iraq against coalition troops, especially
American ones. Iran's creation and support of Hizbollah is
their war by proxy against Israel. To be a true influence in
the Muslim world two things usually have to occur. One is that you
have to have a deep hatred for the state of Israel. The second
characteristic is that you have to denounce a U.S. presence in the
region. Iran has openly and often claimed these
characteristics as if they are running for political office.
Iran actually is doing this. Iran is Shia while the majority
of the Muslim world is Sunni. They are all Muslims but, it
is the differences that have in the past that have allowed Sunni
nations to have a greater influence. Iran is not an Arab
country but rather Persian. This is yet another reason that
Iran is wanting to grab this role as it in the past it has been
Sunni Arab leaders that have been the voice of the Muslim world.
Iran has spread it's wings and no longer has to worry about an
Iraqi neighbor that waged a deadly war in the 1980's with them.
They now have a Shia neighbor that they can over time influence
and form a strategic alliance with that completes the Shia
crescent. The ultimate goal that has been savored by Middle
East Muslim world is a counter or a deterrent against Israel's
nuclear weapons. The neighbor that accomplishes this feat will
have great influence and respect from the rest of the gulf Muslim
states. Iran wants this influence for protection, political
respect in the world, and to use as a constant threat against
Israel. The threat would be real if Iran develops a nuclear
weapon. The Islamic revolution broke open the cocoon that
contained Iran. They were the first true example of an
Islamic state created by an Islamic Revolution that has been
accepted by it's people. Iran wants to be the first again.
This time as a nuclear armed Muslim country in the middle East.
Iran's nuclear aspirations are a real and true threat to peace in
the Middle East. It will embolden the hatred of the state of
Israel and the technology will flow throughout the region to other
Gulf states that share the same hatred but maybe not as loudly as
Iran's. Nuclear power is good when the program is peaceful, but as
countries all in, A Sunni nation would want to counter the Shia
nuclear threat. It will be an endless cycle of deterrence in
a very small place on the planet until one day it no longer become
a deterrent but a weapon to destroy Israel. The threats and
the hatred of Israel is too deep. It was the wrong way to go
about gaining acceptance of a peaceful nuclear program.
The threats and verbal attacks have been constant throughout their
development. Being suspicious is not a crime in the world.
However being suspicious about your nuclear program and having the
capacity to end the existence of an entire nation in one fatal
blow has created a nightmare dilemma for the state of Israel.
They are faced with the choice of ending Iran's nuclear program
through force or allowing Iran to continue on the path of nuclear
technology and hope that it is truly a peaceful program. The
main problem with this choice is if they are wrong and do nothing
to stop Iran with one mushroom cloud Israel can cease to exist.
Israel is a small nation slightly smaller than the state of New
Jersey. There would not be much left after this horrific
event. This is why Israel says they can not have a nuclear
armed Iran in the region. The consequences even if their is
a slight risk that Iran would use a nuke on Israel is something
that Israel can not live with. The only issue that I have
with this possibility is that Iran has not in recent history ever
attacked another nation they fought Iraq but only after the Iraqis
launched an attack. Unlike the one of which they ended when they
used air strikes to destroy Saddam Hussein's attempt to make
nuclear weapons in the early stages in 1981. Military
experts have said that they do not think that air strikes can get
the job done this time since many of Iran's facilities are deep
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