tupacmansion said:
Trying to get rid of them, well u know for a fact that Israel is never going to give up their nuclear weapons, neither are America, thats a fact. And the fact that both India and Pakistan have nuclear weapons acts as a detterent. Neither would use them in fear of retribution. Israel is allowed to act in anyway that it sees fit disregarding civilian life and world opinion. If another country in the middle-east possesed nuclear power would Israel be able to do this? no
in 1985 the world had 65,000 nuclear weapons, as of 2002 the world has 20,000. Not all weapons will be dismantled, but we're going to have far less than we had during the cold war, and all nuclear powers will stop other countries from making anymore.
India and Pakistan still had a war that killed 5000 people in 2 months when both countries had nuclear weapons, it doesn't stop fighting.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said israel should be "wiped off the map", i wonder what his intentions for a nuclear weapon are for? hmm
In that case, Iran or North Korea can easily withdraw from the NPT. Then the international community will have nothing against the two states.
Or is it only Israel that get preferential treatment?
North Korea already withdrew, and after political pressure (even from its closest ally, China) they rejoined. Leaving the NPT doesn't make them immune to international scrutiny or embargos