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This article is very misleading. While it's true that we have been concerned about Iran's nuclear capabilities for quite a long time, the article omits several
by leoh 14y ago
This article is very misleading. While it's true that we have been concerned about Iran's nuclear capabilities for quite a long time, the article omits several concentrated efforts that have prevented the country from developing nuclear capabilities over the years. For example, in the late eighties, Israel bombed a nuclear reactor before its completion. If Israel's bombing or other efforts hadn't been carried out over the years, Iran would have nuclear capability. Several times over the last 25 years, Iran has in fact been close to having nuclear capabilities.
- stevesearer 14y agoI'm not crying foul on what you've stated, but I'd be interested in reading some accounts of those efforts. The one attack that I thought was against Iran was actually against Iraq: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Opera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Opera
- mcantelon 14y agoIt's unfortunate that Israel initiated a nuclear arms race in the region. Israel smuggled nuclear technology from the US (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lekem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lekem), tried to sell nukes to apartheid South Africa (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/23/israel-south-africa-nuclear-weapons http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/23/israel-south-afr...), and has refused to sign the the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.