And what can Iran do with nuclear power ? hit Israel ? it will destroy the palestinains and Hizbollah in south Lebanon as well before getting hit by Israel and destroyed ..
How about Pakistan ? It's got nuclear power, a Muslim country packed with Taliban and Al Qaeda members. Why isn't anyone afraid of Pakistan ?
I must also ask the same things. I might however get different answers then you. Could be all the prune juice I drink.
Look I am no fan of the Iranian regime. I think its treatment of women, gays, Bahaiis, Zoroastreans, Kurds, trade unionists, student activists, Christians, Jews, atheists, communists, political opponents, journalists, outrageous. I believe myself it is a facist regime run by extremist religious fundamentalists with prehistoric beliefs and I believe its current President is an unstable, bafoon whose ego makes him dangerous.
However I think there is far more at stake than nuclear bomb fear at play and the nuclear bomb fear.
Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, Syria, countless terrorist cells, already have sufficient know how to engage in terrorist attacks on Israel or the US using chemical weapons. If they were to attack Israel it would be easier to use anthrax or other chemicals or germs. In this manner it would not devestate the infrastructure and leave radioactivity behind and would be less likely to spread and kill so many Muslims (and I suppose some would have be point out non Zionist Jews as the germs will be programmed to tell the difference between Zionist and non Zionist Jews).
For all we know the real fear is not nuclear weapons but the fact that Iran may have perfected some chemical or germ that Israel or the US fears. So we many never know if the nuclear bomb story is just the cover story.
We also know Iran has destabilized the world economy by engaging in devestating tactics against the US and the West in regards to controlling the trade and price of oil. For all we know that could be the true fear the West has of Iran not nuclear weapons.
I personally believe Iran is the greatest threat to its own people before anyone else. I believe the real tragedy is what it inflicts to the millions of Iranians who are under its tyranical control and wish to become free and reject the fundamentalist theocratic Muslim views it shoves down the throat of its people.
That said while I believe Iran is a huge destablizing factor in the Middle East and one of the primary financiers of terrorist groups and no doubt is and would love to assist other nations hostile to the U.S. and Israel develop nuclear weapons, I also believe the real threat is already here-chemical warfare.
I also believe the cold reality is such that any fool can get on the internet and get enough info to construct a dirty bomb, a bomb with sufficient radioactive fallout, to devestate a large population without the need of detonating with the force of an a-bomb.
So while I do not understimate the capability of the current Iranian regime's ability to continue to violate and oppress its own citizens and finance terrorists who harass other innocent civilians in other nations-and yes I believe it may be making nuclear bombs, I would also argue the nuclear bomb issue may be the least of the issues we have to worry about when it comes to Iran.