Why Iran Needs Nuclear Weapons

Many disturbing words are written aboutmonster to move, and who knows the history of
Ahmadinejad, Iran's leader. That he believes theIran will know that Ahmadinejad NEEDS nuclear
next Imam is coming. That a child who wasweapons to deter an American attack. The
thrown down a well will rise again. That he deniesAmericans are already at his border. They have
the holocaust. That he supports the cause of thealready occupied his neighbour. Its client state
working class in Iran. That he wants his countryIsrael has nuclear weapons, and (despite their
to have nuclear power. But let's not be hastyfailure with Hizbollah) a highly effective army.
about his beliefs. America has a leader whoVirtually everyone in the state has military training.
believes that a man who was nailed to a tree twoIran only has the most precious commodity on
thousand years ago will save him from Hell. Theearth, oil. You can't set fire to all that oil on the
UK has a leader who believes the Americansoil of Amerika. You need a bloody big bomb to
leader. And lets not beat around the bush.deter the narrow fascist state that is America.
Iran NEEDS nuclear weapons. It does not needWhat would your policy be if you had armies on
nuclear power. It has enough oil for itself and itsyour borders who have little problem in invading a
young 70million odd population. It needs nuclearcountry on any pretext? You would want that
weapons because it needs to defend itself. Itinvasion to be unwinnable. The same politics that
needs the threat that North Korea has - to beinformed America and USSR mutually assured
"un-attack-able". The first rule of American militarydestruction in the cold war applies here.
politics now is that the state you attack has toAhmadinejad, for all his failings, knows this. He
be undefendable. Iraq had nothing, nothing! Andmay be a nutcase. If we read and believed all the
American and UK planners knew this. This is whyWestern reporting then we would assume so. We
they did not say that al-Qaeda was in Northwould also assume the same about George Bush
Korea. North Korea has nuclear weapons. This isJr. But the aspiration to nuclear weaponry (let's
why they did not say that al-Qaeda was innot pretend its for energy), is a sensible policy in
Pakistan. Pakistan has nuclear weapons (and theya world where America can support its clients
are compliant). They said that al-Qaeda was inwith lethal weaponry for no regard to life nor limb,
Iraq. Al-Qaeda, in all its shapes and forms, has notnor age nor infirmity, nor right nor wrong (wrong
really been into a champagne-guzzling regime likeplace + wrong time = "soft target"). It can only
Saddam Hussein's. Iraq was defenceless. It hadrespect annihilation as the appropriate deterrent.
nothing. And the Amerikans knew it.Hence, Iran needs a big gun.
Iran knows too well that its democratically electedAhmadinejad stands for his own country and
government can be overthrown by the CIA,people. And says it loud. And he understands that
American and Western interests. Indeed witnesseven if Iran had done nothing, and was the purest
the Shah. Iran's defence policy, for any rationalof the pure states, they would still be liable to
person who understands Amerikan Real Politik,invasion if they upset American corporate
and who understands what causes that greatinterests.