socio-politics

There’s obviously plenty of debate about Iraq and whether or not the world is any safer after the United States’ actions, though it is hard to deny that, under Bush, the Iran situation has become much worse. Bush has treated Iran the way that he treated Iraq - like it is a nation hell-bent on destroying freedoms, and negotiations would only be aiding their cause.

Iran is a completely different situation than Iraq. There is nowhere as extreme a presence of extremists, and Ahmadinejad is somebody that it is possible to negotiate with. However, he does not want to negotiate with Bush, though this fact is conveniently ignored all too often, or is treated by Bush’s administration as a clear sign that nations such as Iran and Iraq would prefer to see a democrat in office.

Ahmadinejad is a horrible man, though it is difficult to judge too thoroughly without knowing all of the details of why he has taken some of his actions (which is impossible to know). He has had a history of torture, corruption, and restrictions on freedom of speech, and while this may be an extreme comparison, George Bush shares that history. The relationship becomes much more difficult when it comes to the issues of Iran initiating a nuclear program and of Israel.

Ahmadinejad states that he wants a nuclear program for peaceful reasons, and while this may seem absurd, it is at the very least worth considering what that could mean. The middle-east is all but universally disliked, which is hard to deny (though Russia has been kissing some ass as of late). Citizens of the middle-eastern nations experience discrimination and nullification of their opinions to an extent that is unlike what any other group of people in the world will experience. Nevertheless, this is pretty justified when the bulk of the violent extremists of the world reside in your territory.

Ahmadinejad states that Iran having nuclear capabilities would give it more respect from the rest of the world. Sadly enough, this is plausible. It is also unlikely that Iran would find themselves in a situation where they themselves would use a nuke, and I do not believe that there is any way that he would allow terrorists to take hold of something like a nuke, since his interests do not lie close enough to that of the terrorists.

On the other hand, there is no guaranteeing that Iran having a nuclear program would prevent any kind of military interactions between Iran and the United States, and if this were to happen, it would be for the United States’ best interest for them not to have the capabilities. It is not as much that we would have to worry about nukes getting dropped on us as much as the loss of leverage that such a situation would present.

This could keep going back and forth as such forever, though it is impossible to know what Ahmadinejadng’s intentions are. However, one important thing to remember is that Iran is much more civilized a place than Iraq, meaning that you can assume that they would do anything to avoid facing a military force like the United States. Most probably, Ahmadinejadng is just trying to gain sympathy and to have other civilized nations view Iran as their peer. He is also taking advantage of the United States’ current position - the unpopular-everywhere Iraq war is still going on, and we still have the diplomatic liability George Bush in office. It is the perfect time for Ahmadinejadng to try and gain leverage. Nevertheless, we’ll only really know the situation once Bush leaves office.

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