Deja Vu all over again - Iran and the Bomb

[DanaC]

Given recent history if I was Iran I would assume that America's policy is to disarm me before attacking me.

As battle tactics go it's an interesting one. First remove the enemy's military arsenal under the auspices of world peace then ride in on a tank and decimate what's left of it's defences before installing a compliant puppet regime in it's place. Highly effective thus far in terms of causing the maximum possible trouble and strife for the enemy, unfortunately it does somewhat send a message out to every other despotic regime in America's sights.....to whit, never under any circumstances allow the Uninted States of America disarm you under the auspices of world peace.

I also love all this mincing around and throwing up of arms over the terrible, irresponsible, downright evil build up of nuclear weapons going on in Iran and Korea. Coming from America, home of the biggest nuclear arsenal on the planet ....America who has pulled out of non proliferation treaties in order to continue testing various types of unpleasant weaponry .....well frankly it's a bit rich.

Are we really going to do this all again folks? Have we learned nothing? What right have we to force democracy on another sovereign nation? If the Iranian people want democracy they'll overthrow their government, such has been the task of many a people at many points in the world's history. The only possible rationale for imposing democracy onto another nation is in pursuit of "security" for America and it's allies.....and let's face it that's about as flawed a rationale for this war (these wars) as you are likely to find.

The only time democracy comes at the point of a gun is when it rises from the bottom up. Democracy is not imposed from the top down. Throughout history those at the top have sought to limit and post caveats around the democratic freedoms of those they rule; conversely those living under the rule of others have historically pushed the boundaries of their democratic freedoms to the consternation of the powers that be.