Originally posted by lasersailor184
Years of European appeasement **HAVE** gone nowhere.
And decades of American meddling in Iran ended up in the 1979 Islamic Revolution that caused this present mess, so you're hardly in a position to point the finger are you?
The CIA's Operation Ajax overthrew the elected Iranian government and imposed an oppressive dictatorship.
Once that dictatorship fell you imposed sanctions unilaterally that amount to little more than economic warfare by any standard.
You then encourage Iraq to attack Iran and a war that kills hundreds of thousands of young iranians is the result.
You then invade Iraq on a bogus pretext and make it quite clear that Iran is also on the hit list.
Now why would they feel they need the ultimate deterrent that nukes offer? Why indeed.