So the news has been filled with stories about Iran and their uranium enrichment program. I thought it would be entertaining to pretend to be an Iranian contemplating whether or not Iran should pursue nuclear weapons.
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Hmm, I seem to remember hearing back in January of 2002 that President Bush mentioned us in his state of the union address, and it wasn't exactly flattering. He dubbed Iraq, Iran and North Korea the "Axis of Evil." A little more than a year after that speech, the Americans and their lackeys invaded Iraq looking for WMDs that they were certain they'd find. Turns out, they haven't found any yet and probably never will. So...even if we don't pursue an nuclear weapon program, the US still might invade us looking for WMDs. If you're going to get invaded for something, you might as well have done it, no?
Also, if/when the Americans finish up in Iraq, they're going to have a sizeable force in the area, and they may decide that we need some democratization too. They've dumped trillions of dollars into their military, and we simply can't compete. For his second term, it seems like Bush's goal for his cabinet was to eliminate dissent and fill it with like-minded "shoot first and ask questions later" types. Having a nuclear arsenal would serve as a pretty strong deterrent. We probably can't get to the level of MAD (mutually assured destruction), but it would definitely make them think twice.
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Next up: a Ukranian contemplating the hypocrisy of Americans criticizing election irregularities. Sample: "...at least in our country the guy with most votes won!"
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