who wants a nuclear capable Iran?
Me !!!
I think it’s an excellent idea. After all, unless they’ve been lying to us for the last 60 odd years, two potential enemies having nuclear weapons is the best way to guarantee peace.
Even Ehud Barak, the former Israeli Prime Minister and Defence Minister, thinks it’s a good idea that Iran should want nuclear weapons :
Ehud Barak: If I was Iran, I would “probably” want nuclear weapons
I don’t delude myself that they are doing it just because of Israel. They have their history of 4,000 years. They look around and they see the Indians are nuclear. The Chinese are nuclear, Pakistan in nuclear as well as South Korea, not to mention the Russians.
Sadly it appears that Iran has no intentions of acquiring nuclear weapons, well that’s what the Israeli military chief reckons anyway:
Israeli military chief: Iran will not decide to make nuclear weapons
Israel’s military chief, Benny Gantz, has stated he doesn’t believe Iran will decide to make nuclear weapons and that Iranian key decision makers are rational.
And US intelligence agrees with him :
Iran hasn’t got an active nuclear weapons programme, says US intelligence
According to the US intelligence community Iran hasn’t got an active nuclear weapons programm. Israeli intelligence agrees with this view
The US intelligence community set out this view in a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) in November 2007. It remains the view of the US intelligence community today.
So it appear a nuclear imbalance will remain in the Middle East. Although I guess that if the West continues to threaten Iran with attacks and invasion then they might hopefully change their minds and acquire nuclear weapons, thereby averting war.