chaos and honey

Apart from the fact that I find this scary as hell (this could escalate), can you blame them?
Put yourself in their shoes. They will be surrounded by states supported by the USA (Turkey, Pakistan, Iraq (???)) and with a tendency for non-acceptance of their religous way of guiding the country. And they all have mightier weapons. The only way you can make a stance is by protecting the mightiest weapon you can get with all that you've got.

Steeph
 

steeph, thks for writing. yes it is scary. but it still doesnt make much sense as to why iran really needs the bomb. of course, i sit in israel and prefer that they dont acquire one for fairly obvious reasons. but having said that, i must reply to your list and the omission of iraq. iraq isnt quite the threat they used to be for iran now with saddam eliminated. pakistan has the bomb to hold back india. turkey doesnt have the bomb, it is controled by nato forces and americans in particular.
maybe you meant to say india and not pakistan but again there chief concern is pakistan, not iran.
this pretty much leaves israel in the neighborhood and as a source to engage with proliferation.
iran and israel used to get along fairly well before the revolution in tehran, hopefully one day they will get along again. but first i believe things will get worse, it is a question of how worse.
obviously iran having the bomb is a can of worms most on the planet would prefer not to deal with...including me. but now that it is a possibility, i dont think we should close our eyes to the threat and i believe the world must respond........how is the question.
 

omission, should read inclusion........