Brian4Liberty
12-16-2011, 02:25 AM
Question - What if Iran was to develop a nuclear weapon?
Answer - That's a good question. What if Iran had a nuclear weapon? Let's start with the main concern, that some elements in Iran, especially President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, might have a desire deep in their hearts to use that weapon on Israel. So we are concerned with the very real possibility that Ahmadinejad would consider doing just that, in his own mind. In essence, we are accusing Ahmadinejad of a thought crime, and the evidence for that crime is the hyperbolic political statements that Ahmadinejad has made in the past. This is the essence of the Iran problem.
Now, that thought crime by itself, if true, would not be enough to take action. We must additionally accuse Ahmadinejad of another thought crime. We must also make the accusation that he, upon true sober reflection, would consider vaporizing hundreds of thousands or more of innocent women and children in Israel. Is he really such an animal? We have less evidence of this, yet it remains a valid concern. But we can not stop with that accusation. We must also suppose that he would also be willing to have an even greater number of innocent women and children killed in Iran during an inevitable retaliation. He would have to consider this as part of his thought process. Could he still do this? Could he make his thought crime a reality, and actually attempt to do it? To take the accusation to this point, we must believe that he is a true psychopath, a true murderer, with no inhibitions at all on taking these actions. Do we have evidence of this?
Furthermore, Ahmadinejad is not the Supreme Ruler of Iran. There is a another person with that title, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. To go further with our concerns about Iran, we must believe that Khamenei shares all of the above psychotic conditions of which Ahmadinejad stands accused. And these two men do not stand alone. There are Generals, councils and a parliament that would also have to go along with the intentional murder of their own families, of their own people and of other innocent people. Is it reasonable to believe all of that?
If a person believes that all of the above conditions have been met, is it also reasonable to examine the mind of the person making those accusations? Are they suffering from paranoia or irrational fear? Perhaps the mental state of those making the accusations needs to be examined before we go further down the path of contemplating a solution to a problem that most likely does not exist at all. For if we are to truly believe that this is the case, what other leaders and influential politicians must we worry about? North Korea? China? Russia? Cuba? Venezuela? Mexico? Canada? When will the paranoia stop?
Answer - That's a good question. What if Iran had a nuclear weapon? Let's start with the main concern, that some elements in Iran, especially President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, might have a desire deep in their hearts to use that weapon on Israel. So we are concerned with the very real possibility that Ahmadinejad would consider doing just that, in his own mind. In essence, we are accusing Ahmadinejad of a thought crime, and the evidence for that crime is the hyperbolic political statements that Ahmadinejad has made in the past. This is the essence of the Iran problem.
Now, that thought crime by itself, if true, would not be enough to take action. We must additionally accuse Ahmadinejad of another thought crime. We must also make the accusation that he, upon true sober reflection, would consider vaporizing hundreds of thousands or more of innocent women and children in Israel. Is he really such an animal? We have less evidence of this, yet it remains a valid concern. But we can not stop with that accusation. We must also suppose that he would also be willing to have an even greater number of innocent women and children killed in Iran during an inevitable retaliation. He would have to consider this as part of his thought process. Could he still do this? Could he make his thought crime a reality, and actually attempt to do it? To take the accusation to this point, we must believe that he is a true psychopath, a true murderer, with no inhibitions at all on taking these actions. Do we have evidence of this?
Furthermore, Ahmadinejad is not the Supreme Ruler of Iran. There is a another person with that title, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. To go further with our concerns about Iran, we must believe that Khamenei shares all of the above psychotic conditions of which Ahmadinejad stands accused. And these two men do not stand alone. There are Generals, councils and a parliament that would also have to go along with the intentional murder of their own families, of their own people and of other innocent people. Is it reasonable to believe all of that?
If a person believes that all of the above conditions have been met, is it also reasonable to examine the mind of the person making those accusations? Are they suffering from paranoia or irrational fear? Perhaps the mental state of those making the accusations needs to be examined before we go further down the path of contemplating a solution to a problem that most likely does not exist at all. For if we are to truly believe that this is the case, what other leaders and influential politicians must we worry about? North Korea? China? Russia? Cuba? Venezuela? Mexico? Canada? When will the paranoia stop?