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kristopher

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4. You consider 70 years ago "recent"?

Reply to jody (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 14, 2012, 12:05 AM

Feb 2012

Japan hasn't engaged in hostilities anywhere in the world since 1945 and it has a social structure that couldn't be more stable.

Iran finished a bitter war with Iraq far more recently and is a belligerent in the most politically unstable region of the world.

That said, the point in both cases is the way civilian nuclear power, once mastered, enables rapid development of nuclear weapons.

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Japan atomic power defenders: keep ability to build nuclear weapons [View all] kristopher Feb 2012 OP

Nukes in a year! US, NATO, UN should blockade Japan to prevent that threat. They have recent history jody Feb 2012 #1

What an absolutely terrible statement. n/t miyazaki Feb 2012 #2

I agree 100%, but perhaps US policy towards Iran is also an absolutely terrible statement. n/t jody Feb 2012 #3

You consider 70 years ago "recent"? kristopher Feb 2012 #4

That's a lot more recent than the last time that Iran attacked anyone ... Nihil Feb 2012 #5