Quote Originally Posted by Don Corleone View Post
Has anyone stopped and considered the very likely possibility that Iran is getting their fissible material, centriguges and other necessary components FROM Russia?

They invaded Georgia and forcibly repatriated lands they had scant claim to. We humored them. They shut off gas to all of Europe last winter. We begged them. Now, we've weakened ourselves not to Russia, but to Iran, and made it clear around the world the reason we were doing it was because we're afraid of the Russians.

How can this do anything but embolden further aggression by Putin?
So, that's Bad. Giving nukes and technology to Israel is fine (as it was America that did that). Tech to Taiwan? Who could that possibly annoy?

As has been pointed out by Russia and others, the defence system wouldn't have made the slightest difference against a Russian attack - there were going to be 16 missiles based in Europe. Even assuming 100% success that still leaves several thousand more... And I have a sneaky feeling that Russia would have the radar base and missile site high up the list of targets.

They shut off gas as bills weren't paid. They overlooked them not being paid for political reasons.

We've let India and Pakistan develop nukes with barely a murmur. North Korea? Less said the better.

So why is Iran this massive threat? America et al invaded two neighbours, and supplies at least two more with advanced weaponry. We expect Iran to sit there docilely, as to defend itself in any way is apparently aggression - when Israel invades neighbours this is of course defence.

Russia has watched America / NATO erode into what was the Warsaw Pact and is currently digging around in Afghanistan - something they've not liked people doing since at least the 18th century. This is, of course fine. Russia pushing back is an act of aggression.

America seems to feel it can launch missiles into foreign countries without sanction, invade to support puppets and bolster regimes that break almost every human rights law there is going and that's fine.

But no one else is allowed to, OK? Because whatever America does it right, mainly as it is doing it...