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IRAN AND THE BOMB


IRAN AND THE BOMB

Many countries have nuclear weapons, and many more want them. Only one, though, has its neighbors and the world terrified. That country is Iran. Why is everyone so concerned? Because the Islamic theocracy has repeatedly threatened to destroy Israel, sponsors global terrorism, and would leverage the deterrence effect of a nuclear weapon to advance their anti-Western and anti-American interests. Bret Stephens, foreign affairs columnist for the Wall Street Journal explains the one thing you really need to know in order to understand why we can't let Iran get the bomb -- they may actually use it.

Why are so many people with so many different perspectives -- from the Prime Minister of Israel, to the King of Saudi Arabia -- so worried that Iran might build a deliverable nuclear weapon?

Or to put it even more simply: why do we have to stop Iran from getting the bomb?

The reason is painfully obvious: They might actually use it.

France has nuclear weapons. So does the United Kingdom. But nobody worries that they will use them. It's not nuclear weapons that are the problem. It's who has them and what they might do with them.

"We do not worship Iran, we worship Allah," said Iranian Leader Ayatollah Khomeini in 1980. "I say let this land burn. I say let this land go up in smoke, provided Islam remains triumphant in the rest of the world."

A militant nation that does not fear its own destruction is a sure threat to its enemies.

And that threat is taken to a whole new level if the militant nation arms itself with nuclear weapons.

Who are the enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran?

There are three:

The first enemy of Iran is the United States of America.

A common slogan chanted by Iranians at public rallies is "Death to America." But it's not just a slogan. Iran has been committing actual acts of war against what it calls "The Great Satan" for over three decades.

There was Iran's seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Teheran in 1979, the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut that killed 241 American servicemen, and the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia that killed another 19 Americans -- not to mention the War in Iraq, during which Iran did little to disguise the fact that it supplied anti-American militias with sophisticated, armor-piercing munitions responsible for the maiming and death of hundreds of U.S. soldiers.

A nuclear Iran could greatly expand its efforts to harm American interests, secure in the knowledge that its possession of nuclear weapons would make any military retaliation extremely unlikely.

And over time, and not much time, a nuclear Iran could develop the sort of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles that would bring American and European cities within range of its weapons.

A second enemy of Iran, which is a Shiite Muslim nation, are the Sunni Muslim nations of the Middle East. An Iranian bomb would instantly spark a nuclear arms race in the region as Arab states -- nearly all of which have majority Sunni populations -- move to defend themselves against aggression from Iran.

As these regimes and dictatorships race to become nuclear powers, the chances that nuclear weapons might be used, either directly or through terrorist proxies, grow exponentially.

And the third and ultimate enemy of Iran is Israel.

Only around a thousand miles separate the Islamic Republic from The Jewish State. Iranian leaders have called Israel "a rabid dog," "a cancerous tumor that needs to be cut away," and have called publically and repeatedly for Israel's "annihilation."

They wage a continuous terrorist war against Israel through their proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas.

Former Iranian President Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani -- a man often described as a moderate and a pragmatist in the Western press -- articulated the Iranian position this way:

"If one day, the Islamic world is also equipped with weapons like those that Israel possesses now, then the imperialists' strategy will reach a standstill because the use of even one nuclear bomb inside Israel will destroy everything. However, it -- [one bomb] --will only harm the Islamic world."

He's right.

That's why the civilized and sensible leaders of the world cannot allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons.

Because once the Iranians do, they will pose a severe threat to the security of America and Europe, spark a regional arms race that could see the world's worst players acquire the world's worst weapons, and threaten the Jews with extermination for the second time in a century.

Or to put it more simply: Iran cannot be allowed to get the bomb because they might actually use it.

I'm Bret Stephens.

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IRÁN Y LA BOMBA
Muchos países tienen armas nucleares, y muchos más los quieren. Sólo uno, sin embargo, tiene sus vecinos y el mundo aterrorizado. Ese país es Irán. ¿Por qué está todo el mundo tan preocupado? Debido a que la teocracia islámica ha amenazado repetidamente con destruir a Israel, patrocina el terrorismo global, y que aprovechará el efecto disuasorio de un arma nuclear para promover sus intereses anti-occidentales y anti-estadounidenses. Bret Stephens, asuntos exteriores columnista del Wall Street Journal explica la única cosa que realmente necesita saber para entender por qué no podemos dejar que Irán consigue la bomba - que en realidad pueden utilizarlo.

¿Por qué hay tanta gente con tantas perspectivas diferentes - desde el Primer Ministro de Israel, al rey de Arabia Saudita - tan preocupados de que Irán podría construir un arma nuclear puede entregar?

O, para decirlo más simplemente: ¿por qué tenemos que impedir que Irán consiga la bomba?

La razón es dolorosamente obvio: en realidad podría usarlo.

Francia cuenta con armas nucleares. Lo mismo sucede con el Reino Unido. Pero nadie se preocupa de que van a utilizarlos. No es que las armas nucleares son el problema. Es que las tiene y lo que podrían hacer con ellos.

"Nosotros no adoramos a Irán, adoramos a Dios", dijo el líder iraní ayatolá Jomeini en 1980. "Yo digo que esta quema la tierra. Yo digo que esta tierra en humo, siempre Islam sigue siendo triunfal en el resto del mundo."

Una nación militante que no teme a su propia destrucción es una amenaza segura de sus enemigos.

Y esa amenaza se lleva a un nivel completamente nuevo, si los militantes se arma nación con armas nucleares.

¿Quiénes son los enemigos de la República Islámica de Irán?

Hay tres:

El primer enemigo de Irán es los Estados Unidos de América.

Un lema común cantado por los iraníes en los mítines públicos es "Muerte a Estados Unidos". Pero no es sólo un eslogan. Irán ha estado cometiendo actos reales de la guerra contra lo que llama "El Gran Satán" por más de tres décadas.

Había toma de la embajada estadounidense en Teherán en Irán en 1979, el bombardeo 1983 de los cuarteles de los marines en Beirut en el que murieron 241 soldados estadounidenses, y el bombardeo de las Torres Khobar en Arabia Saudita 1996 que mató a otros 19 estadounidenses - por no hablar de la guerra en Irak, durante la cual Irán hizo poco para disimular el hecho de que se suministra milicias anti-estadounidenses con sofisticados, municiones perforantes responsables de la mutilación y la muerte de cientos de soldados estadounidenses.

Un Irán nuclear podría ampliar enormemente sus esfuerzos para perjudicar los intereses estadounidenses, con la certeza de que su posesión de armas nucleares haría cualquier represalia militar extremadamente improbable.

Y con el tiempo, y no mucho tiempo, un Irán nuclear podría desarrollar la clase de Misiles Balísticos Intercontinentales que traería ciudades americanas y europeas dentro del alcance de sus armas.

Un segundo enemigo de Irán, que es una nación musulmana chiíta, son las naciones musulmanas suníes del Medio Oriente. Una bomba iraní instantáneamente desatar una carrera de armas nucleares en la región como los estados árabes - casi todos los cuales tienen poblaciones sunitas mayoritarios - movimiento para defenderse de la agresión de Irán.

A medida que estos regímenes y dictaduras carrera para convertirse en potencias nucleares, las posibilidades de que las armas nucleares pueden ser utilizados, ya sea directamente oa través de proxies terroristas, crecen exponencialmente.

Y la tercera y última enemigo de Irán es Israel.

Sólo alrededor de un millar de millas separan la República Islámica de El Estado judío. Los líderes iraníes han pedido a Israel "un perro rabioso", "un tumor canceroso que se debe cortar", y han pedido públicamente y en repetidas ocasiones por parte de Israel "aniquilación".

Llevan a cabo una guerra terrorista contra Israel continua a través de sus apoderados, Hezbolá y Hamas.

El ex presidente iraní presidente iraní Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani - un hombre menudo descrito como un moderado y pragmático en la prensa occidental - articula la posición iraní de esta manera:

"Si un día, el mundo islámico también está equipado con armas como las que Israel posee ahora, entonces la estrategia de los imperialistas llegará a un punto muerto debido a la utilización de una sola bomba nuclear dentro de Israel destruirá todo Sin embargo, -. [Uno bomba] solamente --esté daña el mundo islámico ".

El tiene razón.

Es por eso que los líderes civilizados y sensibles del mundo no puede permitir que Irán desarrolle armas nucleares.

Porque una vez que los iraníes lo hacen, van a suponer una grave amenaza para la seguridad de Estados Unidos y Europa, desatar una carrera armamentista en la región que podrían ver peores jugadores adquieren peores armas del mundo, y amenazar a los Judios con el exterminio, por segunda vez en un siglo.

O para decirlo más simplemente: Irán no se puede permitir conseguir la bomba, ya que en realidad podría usarlo.

Estoy Bret Stephens.

 


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