On Iran's Weapons and Double Standards

There’s no better time to see the double standard that exist in the world today. It is somehow been destined that the third world would remain technologically impotent, while the west keeps on building their power and wealth. The best example of the double standard can be seen in Iran’s nuclear development program. The US, UK along with other countries that belong to the “free world” are trying with all their power to stop Iran’s advancement in nuclear technology.

While Iran claims to be developing nuclear technology for electricity generation only, the rest of the world believes that a nuclear arsenal is what’s really sought after. This is exactly where the double standard comes in. Why can countries like the US, Russia, Pakistan, India, and even Israel have nuclear weapons while countries like Iran can’t? Who sets the standard here? Should there be a standard? What does it take for a country to be able to publicly say they possess nuclear weapons, and get away with it? The questions that I’m posing are not hard to answer at all, in a sense they’re even rhetorical.

In a perfect world every country gets “equal opportunities.” No country can decree unfair rules over another, and more importantly no country can be hypocritical towards another. Sadly, after over 5,000 years of civilization, we have not come across the recipe of the prefect world yet.

For now we have to live in the current world. A world where a country of 6.3 Million can have one of the largest nuclear arsenals in the world and casually get away with it. A world where there’s a country constantly trying to strip all but its allies of nuclear weapons, meanwhile holding the record for the only country to have used such weapons.

It’ll be very interesting watching events unfold regarding Iran. I can't help but wonder whether the upcoming events will take us one step closer to the prefect world, or ten steps back to the primitive world.

I’d like to leave you with a link to a discussion on the BBC’s websites, regarding Iran’s weapons program. I hand picked a response that I liked, to give you a flavour of what’s on the website…

I don't think Iran should have nuclear power. But then at least I'm
consistent about it - because I don't think we should either. We still don't
know how to deal with the risks, and the massive taxpayer subsidies the nuclear
industry has eaten up have prevented investment in renewables. What puzzles me
is how our Prime Minister can both think we should have nuclear power, but that
Iran shouldn't. I think it's entirely understandable that Iran's government will
think "if its good enough for them, its good enough for me."Martyn, London,
UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4257436.stmvv

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