Why No Nukes for Iran?

Another bracing dose of clarity from Victor Davis Hanson: Why No Nukes for Iran?

How many times have we heard the following whining and yet received no specific answers from our leaders?

“Israel has nuclear weapons, so why single out Iran?”

“Pakistan got nukes and we lived with it.”

“Who is to say the United States or Russia should have the bomb and not other countries?”

“Iran has promised to use its reactors for peaceful purposes, so why demonize the regime?”

In fact, the United States has a perfectly sound rationale for singling out Iran to halt its nuclear proliferation. At least six good reasons come to mind, not counting the more obvious objection over Iran’s violation of U.N. non-proliferation protocols. It is past time that we spell them out to the world at large.

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The author does leave out the fact that Iran is a member of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT). and, as a non-nuclear weapon state (NNWS), it has entered into a binding international commitment to never have nuclear weapons. Israel never made this sort of commitment.

Or, how about this analogy:

Scenario # 1:

A man walks into the DMV and asks to get a drivers license.

The DMV employee asks, "What are you going to do with the drivers license?".

The man says, "I'm going to get drunk and run people off the road".

Scenario # 2:

A man representing Iran walks into the U.N. and asks to get a permit to build a nuclear weapon.

The U.N. employee asks, "What are you going to do with this nuclear weapon?".

The man says, "I'm going to blow another country off the face of the map".

In which scenario is the Liberal more likely to grant the man his request?

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Why No Nukes for Iran?

Another bracing dose of clarity from Victor Davis Hanson: Why No Nukes for Iran?

How many times have we heard the following whining and yet received no specific answers from our leaders?

“Israel has nuclear weapons, so why single out Iran?”

Last I heard, Israel hadn't threatened to wipe any other countries off the map. Israel appears more trustworthy than Iran as well. They (Israel) aren't as likely to give a nuclear weapon to some terrorist organization who might set it off who knows where (Israel, Russia, the US).

“Pakistan got nukes and we lived with it.”

Not to mention India. They were both able to acquire nuclear weapons almost at the same time oddly enough, and I don't recall hearing any of the rhetoric that I hear about Iran.

In fact, I got the impression that most of the world was rather surprised when Pakistan let loose a nuclear test blast (which announced to the world that they had just joined the exclusive Nuclear Club).

Or, how about this analogy:

Scenario # 1:

A man walks into the DMV and asks to get a drivers license.

The DMV employee asks, "What are you going to do with the drivers license?".

The man says, "I'm going to get drunk and run people off the road".

Scenario # 2:

A man representing Iran walks into the U.N. and asks to get a permit to build a nuclear weapon.

The U.N. employee asks, "What are you going to do with this nuclear weapon?".

The man says, "I'm going to blow another country off the face of the map".

In which scenario is the Liberal more likely to grant the man his request?

The Liberal would probably grant both requests, while trusting the man's promise to only use the car and the bomb for peaceful purposes !

...I don't think so, after the applicant stated his intentions.

Which applicant is more likely to be arrested by homeland security on the spot?

...I don't think so, after the applicant stated his intentions.

Which applicant is more likely to be arrested by homeland security on the spot?

The one carrying the porno.

(from a different thread today):

Two uniformed men strolled into the main room of the Little Falls library in Bethesda one day last week and demanded the attention of all patrons using the computers. Then they made their announcement: The viewing of Internet pornography was forbidden.

The men looked stern and wore baseball caps emblazoned with the words "Homeland Security." The bizarre scene unfolded Feb. 9

Or, how about this analogy:

Scenario # 1:

A man walks into the DMV and asks to get a drivers license.

The DMV employee asks, "What are you going to do with the drivers license?".

The man says, "I'm going to get drunk and run people off the road".

Scenario # 2:

A man representing Iran walks into the U.N. and asks to get a permit to build a nuclear weapon.

The U.N. employee asks, "What are you going to do with this nuclear weapon?".

The man says, "I'm going to blow another country off the face of the map".

In which scenario is the Liberal more likely to grant the man his request?

If we go by the US-political-definition of Liberal:

Neither.

(A person proclaiming to use the car/weapon to commit a crime won't get it.

And most liberals dislike nukes.)