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Originally Posted by Platapus
If we can not prevent a country from obtaining nuclear technology, perhaps the wisest path is to take steps such that the country chooses not to misuse the nuclear technology?
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What makes you think that choice is up to us (short of completely rejecting ourselves, that is) ? If that would be an option open to us, we would not be where we are.
The danger from Iran is not so much that they launch nuclear missiles at Israel or Europe, but proliferation, attempts of political blackmailing of Europe, and also a nuclear arms race in the region. I do not expect to see nuclear missiles from the Me exploding in europe or the US, but conventional truck or suitcase bombs with nuclear material set free.
The more players there are, the less stable and predicatble the match becomes, the less options we have in defending our own interests in the region (oil). See Pakistan. To seriously threatening war on them, they are immune. Every needle's poking needs to be well-dosed and well calculated - and therefore will not really achieve what is hoped it would.
It is not in our interest to have a second Pakistani situation located right on top of a vital vein of ours - the Gulf. One Pakistan already is bad enough.