Iran parliament votes to reduce ties with Britain

[IAN 2411]

The Nuclear Proliferation Treaty is, as the name says, a treaty, not law.

I am in full agreement with you on that remark.

And even if it were law, why didn't anybody bother too much (well, with the exception of India) when Pakistan tested a bomb? Maybe because Pakistan never signed it (along with India and Israel). So all Iran had to do is to leave the treaty and they'd be in the clear? Doesn't sound right to me.

Neither, India or Pakistan are as volatile or unstable as Iran, there are the odd few people in the north of Pakistan that welcome the Taliban. The majority do not and have a high distaste for any kind of terrorism. You are correct about the treaty but I think that the world knew that the nuclear tests of India and Pakistan were not a sign of intent, but more of a warning that we will fight fire with fire. It was much the same as Russia and the West during the cold war.

Anyway, me, personally, I don't see much of a difference between Pakistan and Iran. Well, maybe there is one: With Iran you know they're fooling you and will stab you in the back as soon as you turn around whereas with Pakistan you can only guess as much.

There is a lot of difference, in the fact that Iran as you see by the invasion of the British Embassy, are nothing more than out of control animals. The country has a person in charge that was placed there through vote rigging and intimidation, in other words it is not a democracy. This is not about the rest of the world not wanting them to have nuclear capabilities; they under other circumstances would not give a damn. It’s just that the rest of the world knows that if they cannot get Iran to back down by sanctions and diplomatic means, then Israel that have been threatened by Iran will do it by other means. America will have to back Israel being their mentors and banker, and no one wants another war. Make no mistake Iran will be no walkover like Iraq.

Either way, that doesn't mean I think it's not important to keep the mullahs in Teheran from obtaining nuclear weapons. But then again, I firmly believe that nobody should have them.

If only this was a world of peace.

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