why is the only country in the world to have used a atom bomb opposing the moves by a country to acquire a..?

Question

nuclear weapon of it's own? certainly nobody's naive enough to believe that iran is in any way more dangerous to world peace than the US, as the recent worldwide opinion poll on which country is the most dangerous to world peace showed, where the US and Iran were right next to each other and far ahead of whole lots of countries.

Answer 1

Because we learned from our mistakes. We have nuclear weapons and haven't used them since WWII. While we have fought wars since then, we have shown restraint and not employed nuclear weapons.



Iran has stated that they want to wipe another nation off the face of the earth. Given the capability, do you think Iran could show restraint and not use a nuclear weapon?



I don't think so.













g-day!

Answer 2

"Nobody: believes Iran wont use the A-bomb. Guess I am a nobody. I believe that a man who publicly says he is the one destined to find the Mahdi and for all practical purposes start a religious world war..sounds sane to me.

Do me a favor and don't speak for me because I certainly will not give you the right to do so.

Yes the US would be considered the most dangerous country. It is also the most powerful and if you read history you would find that feeling was pretty typical across history to the most powerful nation.

Lastly Yes The US dropped the Atomic bomb. Different time and place. Every country and nationality have things that may not stand up to the test of time. At the time they were looking at stopping an invasion of Japan that they thought that would cost 2 million US casualties and many million more Japanese casualties after already being in a world war for 3 1/2 years.

Answer 3

the polls shows the ignorance of the some of the people taking the polls. if you are ignorant enough to believe that the USA is as much or more of a threat to world peace as Iran your just stupid. tell me how many wars have we started ? how many wars have we fought in? then ask the same questions about France,Germany,England,Persia(modern day Iran),should i go on?



the fact that we want to stop other countries from obtaining the bomb and us having used it means nothing.

Answer 4

We don't have the rabid radicalism that countries like Iran do. We haven't openly expressed that Israel is to be destroyed as Iran does.



We have many safeguards as to the use of nuclear weapons to ensure that some idiot doesn't launch one without full government approval. Radical governments like Iran have no such safeguards, and wouldn't hesitate to use one if they felt they could strike Israel with it, as they believe that Israel's destruction will bring their Messiah to Earth.



They have already stated that they believe that they can survive a massive nuclear strike against their country if they in turn launched a nuclear warhead against Israel.



We would only use nuclear weapons if attacked by nuclear weapons, or as a last resort. Nations like Iran would use theirs as a "first strike" weapon.

Answer 5

Because Iran Publically declares that they will wipe Israel off the face of the map? Plus they support Al Queada and Hezbollah? How else do you think Al Queada got into Iraq. They are in Afganistan and Pakistan. Iran is in between Pakistan and Iraq.



No one who does that has the responsability to have Nuclear weapons

Answer 6

!st they are not acquiring a weapon. They were enriching uranium for a power plant, and the grade was about 3%, As Nuclear power plants do not run on dirt, uranium has to be enriched to 5%. No where NEAR weapons grade!



And International law lets them do it!



Here is the pertinant part of the treaty that the US signed!

Article IV

1. Nothing in this Treaty shall be interpreted as affecting the inalienable right of all the Parties to the Treaty to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without discrimination and in conformity with articles I and II of this Treaty.



2. All the Parties to the Treaty undertake to facilitate, and have the right to participate in, the fullest possible exchange of equipment, materials and scientific and technological information for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Parties to the Treaty in a position to do so shall also cooperate in contributing alone or together with other States or international organizations to the further development of the applications of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, especially in the territories of non-nuclear-weapon States Party to the Treaty, with due consideration for the needs of the developing areas of the world.



How many times is Bush going to cry wolf and it turn out to be another lie?

We are far more dangerous than Iran. We have 2 battle fleets over there which could take out most of the world!

Answer 7

The only country eh? I doubt it... Even though it does seem elitist that only certain countries can have it... It is not just the US that is against it. Considering Iran has NO conventional means of delivering a weapon anywhere NEAR the us We really dont ven care.. Europe and Israel care more sry buddy

Answer 8

Are you freakin' kidding me?



There is one big difference. The US is not threatening to use nuclear weapons to annihilate a race of people and a country from the face of the earth.



WOW! This is about the most ignorant thing I have seen on this forum.

Answer 9

a usa makes an atom bomb because of the fact of worry of what could take place to it if it did no longer. rather like having the hearth brigade if ones house is burning down, one hopes never to apply it.

Answer 10

US and Iran are basically common enemy

if US have nuclear bombs pointing at Iran is just common sense for Iran to developed their nuclear bomb

basically both are not the winner here

Answer 11

I agree, that the USA is in no position to speak about other countries rights to bear arms.

However, to develop nukes should come with a political maturity, actually no country has. So, I am all for not allowing another country, doesn't matter which one, to play with man's most deadly invention, we already have to much of them.

Answer 12

Keep up the way you are and you won't need to build a nuke.

We'll give you a small one.

Answer 13

The answer should be obvious.Some people (countries) are

more equal than others.

Answer 14

ask our question with pride my brother.. dont listen to the nasty answers from the soilders with chip on there backs...