Al Neuharth: Why Iran's nuclear plans are no big deal7:05 PM, Feb. 17, 2012 |
Written by: Al Neuharth
The talk is getting louder from our leaders in Washington and would-be leaders about how to stop Iran’s plans to develop a nuclear bomb. We need to take a deep breath and recognize that there are more than 20,000 reasons why this is no big deal.
That’s the number of nuclear bombs that the Federation of American Scientists says currently are held by these countries:
Russia: 11,000
USA: 8,500
France: 300
China: 240
United Kingdom: 225
Pakistan: 90-110
India: 80-100
Israel: 80
North Korea: 1 to 10
The heated up talk about Iran’s nuclear intention is an aftermath of President Obama’s saying in his State of the Union address, “Let there be no doubt, America (he meant the USA) is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal.”
That caused the leading Republican candidates who are trying to unseat Obama to issue their own tough talk.
Mitt Romney has said repeatedly, “I will again reiterate that Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon is unacceptable.”
Rick Santorum, in a 1,900-word foreign policy statement on his website, says he would “first and foremost publicly embrace the (Iranian) opposition and call for regime change.”
Trying to ban nuclear weapons anywhere now is as unrealistic as it would have been to ban rifles in the olden days. Or atomic bombs in World War II. We must remember that two atomic bombs we dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed 150,000 to 250,000 people and ended World War II.
It’s so simple: Countries that have nuclear weapons and know when or how to use them — or more likely not use them — will be the survivors and leaders.
Those who misuse them will die as other countries with nuclear weapons retaliate.
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