tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11630456.post112687843831638234..comments2023-12-21T05:26:14.642-05:00Comments on duh: Iran Set to Give Nuclear Info to OthersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11630456.post-1127139661372444562005-09-19T09:21:00.000-05:002005-09-19T09:21:00.000-05:00Well, the term came out of the cold war and was pr...Well, the term came out of the cold war and was primiarily conceived to explain that we would never have a nuclear war with Russia becasue each of us had the capacity (number of missles and range) to fully destroy each oter entirely in the even the other country launched. That worked well. <BR/><BR/>However, take the case of Iran or Korea who each at best has half a dozen warheads and neither has the capacity to launch them via missles in any way that can come close to hitting American soil. So MAD doesn't apply to them at all. They provide no deterrant for us to strike them and they know they don't . See what I mean now?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990204805709725942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11630456.post-1127138103853052122005-09-19T08:55:00.000-05:002005-09-19T08:55:00.000-05:00FYI, it was Pakistan who helped North Korea boost ...FYI, it was Pakistan who helped North Korea boost its nuclear program... And we're not invading Pakistan either.<BR/><BR/>However, I don't understand your point about MAD.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14530011827879517993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11630456.post-1127137599946197322005-09-19T08:46:00.000-05:002005-09-19T08:46:00.000-05:00Well, Mutually Assured Destruction works when a co...Well, Mutually Assured Destruction works when a county can do as much (or close to as much) damage to you with nukes as you can do to them. So, in a way, you are wrong on that point. However, one sided MAD can work and that's why Korea isn't launching anything at the moment. <BR/><BR/>I guess the point I was trying to make is that the BWH is either a) clueless in focusing it's resources on Iraq or b) lying to us in saying that they were the biggest threat to us. <BR/><BR/>In either case, I was mostly trying to raise awareness that Iran is now saying that they will sell nukes to whoever wants them. That, to me, is the most troubleing international news I've heard since before the millenium.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990204805709725942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11630456.post-1126927607102042292005-09-16T22:26:00.000-05:002005-09-16T22:26:00.000-05:00Not that I'm pro-Bush at all, but the current admi...Not that I'm pro-Bush at all, but the current administration's policy is not to put the smack-down on nations it already knows has nukes, but to slap any nation upside the head that MAY be working towards getting the nuke (hence, to some degree, Iraq). Of all the nuke nations, Korea is the only one that we haven't been able to prove has one, but nobody's taking a chance on them NOT having one, so there you go.<BR/><BR/>And we can't invade the nuke nations with crazy leaders or crazy terrorists. Its called MAD. Crazy people can do crazy things sometimes, and what's scarier than an insane person with an atomic bomb? We don't invade Pakistan or Iran or Korea, not because we think they should have nukes, but precisely because it is so difficult to ensure that they will not use their nukes against us. Or sell them to terrorists who, in light of current sentiments toward the US, may not be so kind to us either.<BR/><BR/>It sucks, but it's true. So right now, we have our Deputy Secretary of State engaged in six-party talks with North Korea, South Korea, Russia, China and Japan, in an effort to denuclearize the Korean peninsula. Nobody's sitting on their ass, but it's difficult to move forward with Pyongyang insisting upon a light-water reactor for energy production, and the U.S. being all sorts of pissed off since the DPRK broke away from the NPT and the Agreed Framework, and kicked the IAEA out of their country.<BR/><BR/>But since it's not all bombs and death and destruction, it's not making the boldest headlines in the news lately.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, it's one of those wait-and-see-if-diplomacy-really-does-it situations. If not, then we may one day have to bomb the hell out of Kim Jong-il and his anti-American Juche politics.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14530011827879517993noreply@blogger.com