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> The approaching war with Iran

22 January 2006, 05:14

1) Why would the Iranians need to do either a) develop its own nuclear power infrastructure, or b) develop n alternative to the petro-dollar? Either one would seem to be enough to provoke the United States or Israel into some kind of preventative action. It would not be any safer for them, therefore, to put one on hold just to appease the U.S.

2) Would the Iranians be any more successful doing one of these projects at a time? Perhaps they don’t have the resources or personnel to do them both. However, I suspect that the success of their project requires both. If there is any truth to the claims about Peak Oil then not only would a diversified oil economy, at least some of which independent of the U.S. would be of great benefit to the world outside the U.S. grasp. If there will be a diminishment of oil production, now’s the time to develop alternatives.

3) Won’t the United States find some other pretext to invade or ruin the Iranian nation and economy even if there was no nuclear infrastucture program, or any attempt to develop an alternative to the petro-dollar. I suspect there would be based just on the fact that Iran is cocidered an evil country independently of these issues.

4) Has the Iranian effort to develop its own nuclear power infrastucture violated any part of the non-proliferation agreements that it has signed onto? I thought there were reports that it has not violated anything but the desire by the United states that it develop no nuclear power or weapons capabilities. I thought that the Iranians have claimed that wmd development was against their religious principles in any case.

5) Will the E.U or the Latin aAmerican countries side with the U.S. or with Iran in the event of real military action in Iran? Is there a 1914 scenario beginninmg here?