Re: Iran defies UN...and why not?

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Maybe i should be as concerned about countries like Iran and North Korea as everyone else is....but i'm just not. Making a few bombs after decades of research is one thing, but creating and maintaining a legitimate nuclear arsenal capable of presenting a threat to the United States requires quite a bit more.  I just dont think these "rogue" states have the architecture in place, or the necessary flow of reliable capital, to maintain such an arsenal. Remember the state of the Soviet Union's nuclear program at the time of its' collapse?

Exploding your one and only atom bomb may do some damage, but it opens you up to US annihilation without the threat of a "proportionate response"....and thus seems highly unlikely to me.
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Andy Ousterhout
  To: CF-Community
  Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 2:21 PM
  Subject: RE: Iran defies UN...and why not?

  Wait.  Are you saying that it would be alright to attack Iran to prevent them
  from having what we have?
    -----Original Message-----
    From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
    Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 2:18 PM
    To: CF-Community
    Subject: Re: Iran defies UN...and why not?

    well hmm just think, Andy, if we weren't.... we might actually be able
    to do something about a REAL threat.

    Dana

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