Can we really prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons?
Or are we just bailing against the technological tide?
posted over 12 years ago
There have been a lot of discussion about how we can't allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons.
Israel is clearly worried, and understandably.
But lost in the debate is the whole question of whether (short of invading and taking over, or persuading them via diplomacy/sanctions) that's even feasible.
One argument is that the technology is nearly 80 years old. And all it really requires is a huge industrial effort (to refine the fuel, and then to build detonators). India, and Pakistan did it decades ago. India did it despite U.S. opposition.
The counter argument is that we can bomb their facilities into dust, and use other methods (e.g. assassination of key scientists) to prevent them from developing the program.
What say you, UMBC'ers?
Israel is clearly worried, and understandably.
But lost in the debate is the whole question of whether (short of invading and taking over, or persuading them via diplomacy/sanctions) that's even feasible.
One argument is that the technology is nearly 80 years old. And all it really requires is a huge industrial effort (to refine the fuel, and then to build detonators). India, and Pakistan did it decades ago. India did it despite U.S. opposition.
The counter argument is that we can bomb their facilities into dust, and use other methods (e.g. assassination of key scientists) to prevent them from developing the program.
What say you, UMBC'ers?
