Should Iran Be Allowed Nuclear Power?

• “Yes”

  

  “The United States is Not the World’s Gendarme ”

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  “The U.S. Should Do What is Morally Right”
  

The U.S. Should Do What is Morally Right

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The fundamental issue is if the Islamic Republic of Iran has the moral right to uranium enrichment technology. If Iran indeed possesses this right, then the United States cannot morally intervene in Iran ’s enrichment activities. However, if Iran has no such right, then any nation may stop Iran from pursuing uranium enrichment technology, even if it requires the use of military force, so long as that nation does so for the purpose of safeguarding the lives of citizens of the world.

Iran is a state-sponsor of Islamic Terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas [1]. Therefore, Iran has no right to any technology that could potentially enhance its offensive capability, including nuclear power. Thus, the United States , Israel or any other nation is well within its rights to use military force to prevent Iran ’s enrichment program from progressing further. North Korea is a prime example of how dangerous a nuclear-armed rogue nation is to the civilized world. If Iran acquires uranium enrichment technology to produce lowly-enriched uranium then it will have the infrastructure to easily transition to producing highly-enriched (“weapons-grade”) uranium [2]. Thus, it is perverse and dangerous to claim that no nation can morally prevent Iran , which is a fountainhead for Islamic Totalitarianism, from acquiring uranium enrichment technology. The U.S. should learn from the threat North Korea poses and not allow Iran to go nuclear.

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[1] Iran sponsorship of Islamic Terrorism

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[2] R. Shock "Proliferation-Resistant Nuclear Power Systems", page 11

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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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"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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"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" 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" 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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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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