[Eric]

Originally Posted by steeljack

Seems to me most people have forgotten that Iran has had atomic/nuclear power stations for the last 30 yrs , think Abadan was the first, followed by the plant at Isfahan both supplied by the Russians so they, the Iranians are not new to the technology .
My thinking is ..if I were the Govt. in Tehran and looked around and saw foreign armies occupying the neighbouring countries to the east and west of me (Iraq and Afghanistan) , looked north and saw a giant international air base in Kyrgyzstan , and to the south saw a Battle fleet including a couple of Aircraft carriers, and probably if I looked up saw my airspace full of unoccupied drones carrying cameras I think I would tend to be a bit paranoid and think someone was out to "get me" and want to protect myself .
The "West" has 'had it in' for Iran since the Shah's Govt. fell (and lets not forget the parts played by the UK and US in that), and the 'wrong' type of Govt. took control .

Re. Israel ....don't you find it strange that the 'West' allows Israel to have atomic weapons and not only never says a word but also contiues to supply them with the technology to deliver them . Has Israel ever signed a Nuclear proliferation treaty ? . Seems to me there is more than a bit of racisim here , an Israeli/Jewish bomb is okay , but not an Iranian/Shia muslim bomb.
Just one simple question ...which country has used and is still using military force to expand its borders, Israel or Iran ?

That's a tough question ....