Should Iran Be Allowed Nuclear Power?

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  “Theocracy is a Mortal Threat”

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Theocracy is a Mortal Threat

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A theocracy – like Islamist Iran or Shintoist Japan in WWII – is the embodiment of faith as force in action. It is religion as the structure and purpose of the state, and is inherently belligerent; its only means of persuasion is force. There is no debating with it.   It asserts itself at the unassailable truth. Combining the military force of the state with the fanaticism of a fundamentalist religion is like storing a lit candle and a powder keg in the same room.

 

Iran has also shown itself to act on these principles time and time again. From its leader's consistently violent rhetoric about Israel and America to its terrorist activities, Iran has lived up to the millennia-old model of bloodthirsty theocracies. So far, it has only lacked the technology to wage war in the way it desires.

 

Into this situation we are debating whether to allow Iran to have nuclear power?

In the hands of a rational and peaceful state, nuclear power is a reasonable means of creating energy. But it is far too easy for it to be used to create nuclear weapons, and there is significant evidence to show that Iran has that intent.

 

Iran is violent theocracy hell-bent on the destruction of the West, lacking only the means to carry out its dreams. We therefore cannot allow Iran to develop nuclear power. It is not an academic discussion. It is a mortal threat.

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"No" Center for the Advancement of Capitalism

• Iran Cannot be Trusted With Any Power
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• Theocracy is a Mortal Threat
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• The Larger Issue at Stake and the Changes Iran Must Make
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• A Response to Muhammad Sahimi
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"No" US Army War College

• This Question is Misleading
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• Iran Seeks Technologies and Materials Needed to Make Nuclear Weapons
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• Nuclear Program Correlates With Efforts to Build Missile Systems
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• Neither is This Just a U.S. or Even Merely European or Israeli Concern
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"No" David Bukay

• The UN Has Become Part of the Problem
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• A State Can Perform Programs Unless it Endangers Peace
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• The Question of Nuclear Iran
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"Yes" Muhammad Sahimi

• There is No Evidence for a Secret Weaponization Program
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• Exploiting Natural Resources is the Sovereign Right of Any Nation
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• The Correct Question To Be Asked
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• The International Community Must...
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"Yes" Edward Kee

• Nuclear Electricity is Not the Problem
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• Nuclear Weapons are the Problem
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• If Nuclear Power is a Pretext for Nuclear Weapons, Then NO
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"Yes" Kaveh L Afrasiabi PhD

• The United States is Not the World’s Gendarme
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• There is No "Smoking Gun"
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• The Time Has Come to End the Iran “Nuclear Crisis”
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Most Objections

• Iran Seeks Technologies and Materials Needed to Make Nuclear Weapons
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• Exploiting Natural Resources is the Sovereign Right of Any Nation
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• The United States is Not the World’s Gendarme
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