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Submitted by Nora A. (United States), Jun 24, 2012 at 01:26

On April 6, 2008, I went to see Bill Clinton speak at the Music Center in Los Angeles. He spoke on many subjects and then talked about Iran, how bombs are made, and how having a nuclear weapon is a status symbol for many countries. I think he surprised many of us with his talk about why we SHOULD allow Iran to have nuclear weapons. Why should we be allowed to have them, and not Iran? Let Iran have them, but CONTAIN THEM (yeah, good luck with that, I say).

He reminded us of what happened with Russia, when we each had weapons but no one dared use them because we'd all be toast. I don't see much difference in Clinton's reasoning from that of Waltz's. I don't agree with either one of them. I don't believe, as Clinton seemed to, that Iran would only use it for generating electricity, but not for weapons. I think Iran with a nuke is one of our worst nightmares come true.

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