What to do with a nuclear Iran?

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

I would have responded to Idaho's predictably anti-American post as well, but responding to four is quite enough I think.

A good and practical reason would be - we can't stop them. We could only delay it and even that is questionable. The more they feel threatened, the more they will want nuclear weapons.

True, but I'm sure that it would be possible to take a course of action to the contrary.

It's a matter of whether you're afraid of them or not, feelings aren't necessarily rational either way.

We should be afraid of a nuclear Iran, or indeed any other unstable nuclear power.

I think we should try to be friends with everybody anyway, whether they have a bomb or not, being friends is always preferable and usually both parties profit from trade and friendship.

Indeed it would be preferable, just not practical.

From their point of view they have a need for nukes. That was my point, my friend

Indeed.

Can anyone really blame Iran for worrying, seeing as a massive, belligerent, nuclear superpower has invaded two of Iran's neighbours in recent years?

The USA is an awful lot less belligerent than all of the other previous world superpowers. Besides, it can't and won't invade Iran based on public opinion alone, not to mention that it has little real reason to. This is a fallacy at any rate. If Iran is so concerned that the USA will invade, preparing nuclear material is only a provocation not only to America, but to the rest of NATO. Therefore, it is more likely that America would invade to stop a nuclear program then to invade if Iran did nothing.