Should Iran Develop Nuclear Bomb?

Are we reviving many of the same arguments that neoconservative proponents of armed intervention against Tehran had advanced during the latter years of George W. Bush's presidency? Is President Obama falling short of his own arguments for a robust diplomacy with Iran?

US war advocates are using the same unsubstantiated arguments that Iran is developing nuclear arms to attack Israel. But should Iran develop the nuclear bomb?

Appearing on the Charlie Rose show on PBS, Ehud Barak was asked if he would want nuclear weapons if he was an Iranian government minister. He said he probably would.

“Probably, probably. I know it's not -- I don't delude myself that they are doing it just because of Israel. They look around, they see the Indians are nuclear, the Chinese are nuclear, the Pakistanis are nuclear, not to mention the Russians.”

• And, Germany has approved the sale of another Dolphin-type military submarine to Israel and will pay for about a third of its cost, a senior German official said Wednesday: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9RB66280.htm
• Dolphin-class submarines are capable of carrying nuclear-tipped missiles, even though there is no evidence that Israel has armed them with such weapons.
• But having the bombs and the expertise provided by German scientists, it is not effort at all.

Why Iranians don’t follow the proven logic of Ehud Barak and develop the dreadful bomb?

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