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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061210/...summit_nuclear
Is this good or bad?
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Bad. A broader-based program (including Iran) that we can rely on to really focus on peaceful purposes would be great. But this just looks like an effort to form a nuclear counterweight to Iran, which is just going to encourage everyone to further develop nuclear weapon technology.
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You mean bad because this may very well help to elevate a significant part of the third world to a level where the west will be unable to [censored] with them anymore right?
Everyone should have the right to nuclear technology. Just like everyone has the right to automobiles, or the internet.
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These nations are currently getting ~$60/barrel of oil from the West, do you care to explain how exactly we are [censored] with them? The evil West could easily take over their oil fields and do whatever they so choose with them and do whatever they like with the indigenous populations. Our morality prevents this. Your assertion is baseless and as such has no bearing on whether these countries should be allowed to go nuclear. The repercussions of fiefdoms and/or religious zealots having nuclear technology is the relevant issue.