re: #73 Political Atheist

Well. Remember the powerful actions the world took after North Korea actually detonated one or two?

Me neither.

Nuclear non proliferation is a life or death challenge to civilization. We need only get it wrong once.

I don’t think policy of non-proliferation is going to be around much longer, everyone knows the penalties for developing nukes are fairly minimal if they can withstand a period of economic sanctions. Pakistan went unpunished for AQ Kahn. If Iran gets a weapon (or is allowed to work towards one) other countries are going to want them. Saudis are already talking about moving in that direction. It’s probably inevitable.