I'd like to point out the arrogance contained in many of the comments above- the very same arrogance that has brought about the Iraq War and driven much of American foreign policy for the past hundred years. Ahmadinejad is scary- no denying it. Ehud Olmert is scary. Both are responsible for oppressing huge populations- in Iran, dissidents are often tortured or killed and even peaceful protest is rarely tolerated. In Israel, Palestinians are segregated and treated inhumanely by the IDF (see Dana Al-Qadi's slideshow) in an apartheid state. It is widely believed that Israel possesses substantial nuclear weapons already and may have a chemical and biological weapons program. Iran is on its way to making nuclear weapons. The United States likes to pick and choose which corrupt and oppressive nations it will support. Today, we support Israel, although its human rights record is probably worse than modern Iran's. In the past, we have supported Iran. The point I would like to make, however, is that the commenters above fail to explain why they find the prospect of Iran having nuclear weapons so "frightenening" while they do not care that Israel has them, and do not advocate invading Israel to destroy its nuclear weapons program. I think I know why: Israel, being as it so hugely relies on American support, would not use its nuclear weapons against the United States, only possibly against its neighbors in the Middle East. Iran, however, is not so freindly with America. Carl suggests we must stop Iran's weapon program so they don't bomb Israel- why doesn't he argue that we should stop Israel's weapons program so it won't bomb Iran? Why does he trust Israel over Iran? Is he not aware of how Israel treats its people and its neighbors? Thus, while discussing the use of nuclear weapons here is all very hypothetical, to say that Iran should not have nuclear weapons but Israel may is inherently arrogant and ignorant- born out of a paranoia that Iran would attack us, and most of all it is based upon the idea that American lives (and Israeli lives?) are more important than the lives of anyone else in the world. Israel is no more sane, safe, or free a country than Iran, and due to the power it has it is more dangerous to the world. I point this out to make people question why they do not worry about Israeli nuclear weapons, but would be willing to go to war to stop Iran from getting them. I'd like to suggest that that contradictory, hypocritical notion is based upon this American disease of racism and arrogance that our current political leaders have so successfully infected us with. Like I said, this is hypothetical, and as I emphasized in our article, the overarching reason that I will always advocate AGAINST war, is because war in this day and age (and in the style of the Bush administration) necessitates mass innocent deaths. There is never a good enough reason to kill innocent people, and it horrifies me that the comments I just read find that acceptable.