I was just thinking about this. To a degree it might just be what the government of Iran wants. Well not wants, but they know that if "Plan A" doesn't work, "Plan B" can be equally as powerful.
We always talk about how much Iranians "love us", but at the same time how they do not want us to mess with them. If we or Isreal go in and try to take out their programs, wouldn't that inflame their entire population against us? That would play right in the hands of the government. Fan more anti- American flames by pissing off the entire generation.
Now pause for a minute when we consider this hyoptheical situation: ee may not like our administration here, and we may question our own government's amibition for any special kind of weapons technology, but if another country says it will come and forcibly remove the ability for us to pursue a certain kind of weapons technology, we most likely will a) Hate the entity that would/will/has done that to us and b) Rally around the government.
In the same fashion I beleive the same thing would happen in Iran.
So now we have
A) Iran gets the bomb. Works right into the government's hands and now we can't shove them around as much anymore. Notion of invading them goes away, as no one wants to see a nuke detonated. Government Benefits
B) Iran doesn't get it, but now you've inflamed another entire generation to "hate" the US that previously may have trusted the US. Not even the most elaborate psyops mission could turn opinion around towards us. Government still benefits.
It still sucks either way. Though when I think about it, I would think every single OTHER government in the area would LOVE to see this. I don't see Turkey, Iraq (well they don't really count
At this point it is just an American Puppet Government) , Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, or any other country hoping that Iran gets a nuclear weapon. But at the same time I am sure that while this desire would be on the minds of government officials, people would decry America for "pushing the world around" even moreso (though after invading and carpet bagging Iraq I'm not sure how much more "pushing around" we could do).
Damned if we do, damned if we don't
We always talk about how much Iranians "love us", but at the same time how they do not want us to mess with them. If we or Isreal go in and try to take out their programs, wouldn't that inflame their entire population against us? That would play right in the hands of the government. Fan more anti- American flames by pissing off the entire generation.
Now pause for a minute when we consider this hyoptheical situation: ee may not like our administration here, and we may question our own government's amibition for any special kind of weapons technology, but if another country says it will come and forcibly remove the ability for us to pursue a certain kind of weapons technology, we most likely will a) Hate the entity that would/will/has done that to us and b) Rally around the government.
In the same fashion I beleive the same thing would happen in Iran.
So now we have
A) Iran gets the bomb. Works right into the government's hands and now we can't shove them around as much anymore. Notion of invading them goes away, as no one wants to see a nuke detonated. Government Benefits
B) Iran doesn't get it, but now you've inflamed another entire generation to "hate" the US that previously may have trusted the US. Not even the most elaborate psyops mission could turn opinion around towards us. Government still benefits.
It still sucks either way. Though when I think about it, I would think every single OTHER government in the area would LOVE to see this. I don't see Turkey, Iraq (well they don't really count
At this point it is just an American Puppet Government) , Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, or any other country hoping that Iran gets a nuclear weapon. But at the same time I am sure that while this desire would be on the minds of government officials, people would decry America for "pushing the world around" even moreso (though after invading and carpet bagging Iraq I'm not sure how much more "pushing around" we could do). Damned if we do, damned if we don't
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