The Real Reason the US Fears Iranian Nukes
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/289-134/13780-the-real-reason-the-us-fears-iranian-nukes.
Every now and then, they reveal the real reason: Iranian nuclear weapons would prevent the US from attacking Iran at will, and that is what is intolerable. The latest person to unwittingly reveal the real reason for viewing an Iranian nuclear capacity as unacceptable was GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the US's most reliable and bloodthirsty warmongers.
On Monday, Graham spoke in North Augusta, South Carolina, and was asked about the way in which sanctions were harming ordinary Iranians. Ayman Hossam Fadel was present and recorded the exchange. Answering that question, Graham praised President Obama for threatening Iran with war over nuclear weapons, decreed that "the Iranian people should be willing to suffer now for a better future," and then - invoking the trite neocon script that is hauled out whenever new wars are being justified - analogized Iranian nukes to Hitler in the 1930s. But in the middle of his answer, he explained the real reason Iranian nuclear weapons should be feared:
"They have two goals: one, regime survival. The best way for the regime surviving, in their mind, is having a nuclear weapon, because when you have a nuclear weapon, nobody attacks you."
Graham added that the second regime goal is "influence", that "people listen to you" when you have a nuclear weapon. In other words, we cannot let Iran acquire nuclear weapons because if they get them, we can no longer attack them when we want to and can no longer bully them in their own region.
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never trust anything Graham says... it's never the whole story.
in the mideast region, three's a crowd. there's already two major powers in the region: Israel and
the Kingdom (Saudi Arabia). Iran is not a part of the "club". They had the balls to get rid of
a U.S. installed puppet (the Shah) years ago, remember?
and keep in mind it's ALL about money/business/weapons.
there's already a "great" deal going for the U.S. and the two major players-- the Sauds have billions
of petrol dollars (many earned from selling oil to US) which they spend a great deal on weapons/fighter
jets manufactured right here in the good ol' USA. very sweet deal.
Even sweeter since the Kingdom doesn't actually have to use these weapons-- we, their servants take
care of the messes in the mideast-- like getting rid of Hussein, etc.
Israel does the same with the Billions in "aid" we give them year after year.
because Iran had the balls to push against the U.S.-- they can't be trusted. in fact, Israel and
the U.S. fear Iran, not because of potential nukes, but simply because of the size of the country--
population-wise. they obviously represent a huge potential economic power-- which could "upset the
balance" in the ME region; i.e. have an impact on the economics described above.
how the U.S. initially handled the revolution in Egypt was instructive as to just how much we
value keeping the status quo (business deals) in place.
That's why the WTC is missing from the NY skyline today. Because nobody attacks countries that have nukes.
IF I WAS IRAN I'D WANT THE BOMB TOO.
sorry 'bout the screaming 
