States-ought-not-to-process-nuclear-weapons

1StatesoughtnottopossesnuclearWeapons—byBillfromPAL1A.proside1.Nuclearweaponsmaybegotbytheterrorists.Non-stateactorsarealwayslookingfornewwaystocausemassterrorandnuclearweaponswouldbeusefulinterrorists'pursuitforpoliticalleverage.Statessympathetictoterrorists'aimsoridealsmaydevelopnuclearweaponsandgivethemaway(e.g.Iran).Inordertopreventstatesfromdangerouslyempoweringnon-stateactors,wemustridtheworldofnuclearweapons.Terroristsdonotneedtoexpendtime/energyonbuildingnuclearweapons/arsenals;asstatedabovetheyhavetheoptionofbuyingweaponsfromsympatheticstatesorsympatheticnon-stateactors(Caseinpoint:A.Q.Khan).A.Q.Khan:A.Q.KhanisthefatherofthePakistan’snuclearproject.Duringthe1990s,therewereintermittentcluesfromintelligencethatAQKhanwasdiscussingthesaleofnucleartechnologytocountriesofconcern.Byearly2000,intelligencerevealedthatthesewerenotisolatedincidents.Itbecameclear2thatKhanwasatthecentreofaninternationalproliferationnetwork.ByApril2000,theUKJointIntelligenceCommittee(JIC)wasnotingthattherewasanevolving,andasyetincomplete,pictureofthesupplyofuraniumenrichmentequipmenttoatleastonecustomerintheMiddleEast,thoughttobeLibya,andevidencelinkingthisactivitytoKhan.From:‘irrationally’byconventionaldefinition.Forexample,IranhasstatedwithinthelastdecadethatitwishestoseeIsraelwipedoffthefaceoftheEarth.Suchanantagonisticstatement,basedoncultural/historicalratherthanstrategicgrounds,suggeststhatIran’santi-Semiticideologyisstrongenoughtojustifytheuseofweaponsofmassdestruction.IranmightalsofalselybelievethatWesternpowerswouldbeunlikelytoretaliate,giventheirprevioustroubleswithinterventionsintheMiddleEast.Whilewemayseesuch4reasoningasirrationalordeluded,itisreasonabletoarguethat,giventherecentactionsandstatementsofthebelligerentIranianregime,suchacourseofactionmightbeconsidered.From::’tusenuclearweaponstodefeatISIL,becausethatwillmaketheholeIraqdamaged.Inthiscases,weecanonlyuseordinaryarmytosolv