Joe Biden thinks he can scare Iran into not developing nuclear weapons
- Biden claims to want to restore the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or nuclear deal, yet he has badly bungled negotiations over restoring Iranian compliance with the agreement
- Under constant threat from the U.S. and facing a hostile neighbor which already has the bomb, Tehran understandably might want to develop nukes
- The Iranian nuclear program is not an "Islamic bomb"
- Tehran's effort began under the Shah, Washington's friendly dictator who was overthrown in a US-backed coup in 1953
The two most celebrated cases in which states gave up either inherited nuclear weapons (Ukraine) or a nascent nuclear weapons program (Libya) ended badly for the government involved
- Kiev found itself attacked by one of the powers that guaranteed its security, while Tripoli was riven with civil war, in which the ousted leader was gutted and murdered by a mob
The U.S. was involved in the 1953 military coup against Iran’s democratically elected government
- For a quarter century America stood by the Shah diplomatically and militarily, even though he was overthrown
- The Reagan administration provided intelligence and reflagged oil tankers from Kuwait for the Iran-Iraq war
- At least a half million people, the majority of them Iranian, died in the conflict
- Saddam Hussein invaded Iran a year after his ouster in 1988
- During the Bush administration, the US covered up Hussein's use of chemical weapons against Iran
- No one wants Iran to have nuclear weapons, but no one wants the US to go to war to get them
The last country Tehran would attack is the U.S.
- Although Iran's leaders indulge in inflammatory and hateful rhetoric, they show no propensity for self-destruction
- A nuclear Iran would pose little threat to America since they already possess a significant nuclear arsenal
- The US should stop threatening war and empowering Iran's extremists
- Restoring the JCPOA is critical
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/president-biden-warns-he-may-attack-iran/
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