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[atomicbob]

IRAN SAYS IT IS BUILDING MOST PEACEFUL NUCLEAR WEAPON EVER

Nuke Experts Skeptical of President-elect's Claim

Iran's new president-elect, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, raised eyebrows in the international community today by claiming that his nation is building what he called "the most peaceful nuclear weapon ever."

In a press briefing in Tehran, Mr. Ahmadinejad acknowledged for the first time that Iran was in fact building a nuclear weapon, but pooh-poohed any talk of Iran being a threat to its neighbors, telling reporters, "The nuclear bomb we are currently building is for display purposes only."

Mr. Ahmadinejad said that it was his hope that in building the world's most peaceful nuclear weapon, other nations in the region and around the world would build totally peaceful nuclear weapons of their own.

But the Iranian president-elect's claims about the peacefulness of his nuclear weapon drew a somewhat skeptical response from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei, who told reporters that he had seen Iran's nuclear weapon and noticed that it was "hooked up to a countdown clock like you see in James Bond movies."

The IAEA chief added, "Also, it was attached to a little box with a red button on it - what's that all about?"

In response to Mr. ElBaradei's question, Mr. Ahmadinejad said, "A little red button is nothing to worry about. Red is a happy color."

In Washington, President Bush criticized Mr. Ahmadinejad's nuclear policy and also complained that "Ahmadinejad" was "nearly impossible to spell."

Elsewhere, in his most gloomy assessment to date, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that the insurgency in Iraq could last longer than Cher's Farewell Tour.

[MajorPayne]

LOL! Thats the worste excuse for building a nuke I have ever heard.

[moldykorn]

You see this loaded gun I have pointed in your face? Dont worry, im not gonna shoot you.


*pulls back hammer*

[p00p]

Any country that builds a nuclear weapon usually does so only for defensive purposes. No one builds them with the intention to use it, but rather the intention to prevent other countries from using conventional or nuclear weapons on their country. That's the whole reason why we had the cold war, mutually assured destruction, and the anti-balsitic missle treaty.

Anyone who believes that some country would actually use a nuclear weapon should do their math and calculate how many megatons would be needed to completely destroy that country. Then look up how many megatons the United States and Russia have in their arsenols.

[Bonez]

wow, drones much, it's a

JOKE you know J - O - K - E

[meltdown]

Any country that builds a nuclear weapon usually does so only for defensive purposes. No one builds them with the intention to use it, but rather the intention to prevent other countries from using conventional or nuclear weapons on their country. That's the whole reason why we had the cold war, mutually assured destruction, and the anti-balsitic missle treaty.

Anyone who believes that some country would actually use a nuclear weapon should do their math and calculate how many megatons would be needed to completely destroy that country. Then look up how many megatons the United States and Russia have in their arsenols.

First as Boner said, it's a joke.

Second that is true and false at the same time. Yes no one builds a nuke for anything but defensive purposes... HOWEVER, if you think your way of life is going out of the world (i.e. the middle east way of life of everyone living in the 8th century) or are hyper-paranoid (such as Kim Song Ill) they will use it because they think they are defending themselves when actually they are just nuts. It's like giving a homocidal schizo-paranoid access to a gun. All you have to do is look at him wrong and he'll do his best to shoot you full of holes. In the case of nuclear weapons in the hands of say Iraq or N. Korea you just have to say "You know you might want to do something about that mass genocide issue you have" and they'll blow you away before you can even discuss it.

[Mad5cout]

Actually, I feel you are both right but a little off the mark. The main reasson a country would build a nuke is so that it can use its conventional weapons on another nuclear superpower. Iran would not mess with the Russia or US when we have nukes and they don't. Mutually assured distruction would allow Iran to play with the big boys on a conventional warfare level now because it has a nuke to even the playing field. Does that make sense? I hope I am being clear.

[meltdown]

Actually, I feel you are both right but a little off the mark. The main reasson a country would build a nuke is so that it can use its conventional weapons on another nuclear superpower. Iran would not mess with the Russia or US when we have nukes and they don't. Mutually assured distruction would allow Iran to play with the big boys on a conventional warfare level now because it has a nuke to even the playing field. Does that make sense? I hope I am being clear.

Makes perfect sense, but I for some reason don't doubt Iran wouldn't use the nukes just because the guy is not all there.

[Bonez]

and you think the presidents and the leaders of russia were all there during the span of 40+ years of the cold war ?

[meltdown]

and you think the presidents and the leaders of russia were all there during the span of 40+ years of the cold war ?

Yes I do, they actually feared mutually assured destruction. Where as the head of Iran and Kim Song Ill are of the thought "If it can't be my way then I'd rather be dead and them with me". That's what most people don't get, these guys are like the scarey boyfriends you don't ever want your daughters to have, the kind who think "If I can't have you nobody can" when they find out you're breaking up with them and then kill the girl and themselves. They aren't exactly on the same plane of existence, or even in the neighborhood of it, as us when it comes to sanity.