Iran

Yesterday, Iran announced that they are beefing up their nuclear program. Today, they confirmed this. Apparently they are planning to install 54,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium over the next several years. Iran says its nuclear program is only to generate power, but the Bush administration and several other governments feel that it is a cover for a nuclear weapons program.

 

This situation in Iran definitely seems like the real deal. Probably Iran is using the need-for-power excuse to cover a weapons program when it comes to these new centrifuges. However, after everything that we have gone through with Iraq, I wince every time I hear the words “weapons of mass destruction.” I should be uneasy at the prospect of any country developing such capabilities, but instead I am just afraid that we will get ourselves into another senseless war over a nonexistent problem.

 

I do not deny that some good has come from our presence in Iraq. However, I feel like there are countries, possibly Iran, that really have nuclear weapons. While we were banging around Iraq looking for these weapons, maybe other countries were taking advantage of the world looking the other way to get their programs going.

 

I do hope that this situation turns out to be nothing, but I feel like it’s only a matter of time before there is a country with real nuclear capabilities. Maybe this is Iran; maybe it’s not. Only time will tell!

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