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slvemike4u -> RE: USA's Global MilitaryDominance: Real Reason for Sanctions Against Iran (2/16/2010 9:22:44 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Brain
I don’t care if Iran develops nuclear weapons. They are a sovereign nation and have every right to do so if they feel threatened. They have every right to defend themselves. Now if they use those weapons in an aggressive way to attack Israel or any other country in the region that’s different. That’s unacceptable and the response should be in kind or in equal proportion and force.
USA's Global Military Dominance: Real Reason for Sanctions Against Iran
By Eric Sommer
The U.S.-sponsored drive to impose new economic sanctions on Iran has nothing to do with the noble cause of limiting proliferation of nuclear weapons on the planet. It is directly linked to the U.S. military doctrine of establishing 'full spectrum dominance' - i.e., military dominance on land, sea, air, and outer space over all other countries in the world. The logical extension of this doctrine is that only countries firmly allied to the U.S. government should be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons or to even develop the capacity to do so.
Israel , for example, is widely-believed to hold secret Nuclear weapons. Yet there is no call for sanctions or investigations of them. The reason is simple: They are a U.S. ally. India and Pakistan have declined to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and have developed nuclear weapons. Yet there is no call for sanctions or investigations of them. The reason is simple: They are U.S. allies.
Iran and North Korea are being subjected to economic sanctions, calls for more sanctions, and even threats of military aggression against them The reason is again simple: They are not U.S. allies.
The principal of national sovereignty includes non-interference in a nations internal affairs by outside powers. It is an important cornerstone of real international peace and security, and among other things is related to accepting and respecting the cultural, political, and economic diversity of the world.
A key element of national sovereignty is that wars of aggression against other nations which have not attacked ones' own nation are prohibited under international law. Wars of aggression were declared illegal at the Nuremberg trials after World War II, which established the invasion of other nations by Germany as the type-case.
Subsequently, the United Nations General Assembly has enacted resolutions prohibiting military aggression, invasions, and occupations of one country by another - except in self-defence when the target nation had attacked first.
Iran , at this point, is only known to be developing nuclear power plants and materials. And it has never attacked the U.S. Yet Iran is being subjected to sanctions, calls for more sanctions, and threats of possible military aggression against them.
http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/15-02-2010/112215-dominance_iran-0
So you don't care if Iran develops nuclear weapons.....interesting.Further you state a willingness to respond in kind if Iran,as is their stated policy uses said weapons to destroy the state of Isreal.
Well isn't that all peachy and keen of you Brain.Let me see if I can break this down for you a bit....under your scenario.....America minds her own business and lets a sovereign theocratic nation develop the capacity to use WMD on her neighbors.
That nation than uses said weapons(no surprise there they have affirmed their desire to remove the Zionists from the map for lo these meany years)we than reduce Iran to a nuclear wasteland.....are you with me so far Brain.
The Middle East is now one big nuclear parking lot...complete with rotting corpses...and radioactive and unusable oil.
But we haven't meddled in the private affairs of a sovereign nation.....cool.
The preceding might have been just a tad dramatic....but all in all considering Brain's childish veiws on this matter.
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