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[Occhidiangela]

For example, what right does the world body of nations have to tell Iran that they cannot pursue nuclear weapons? We have begun to implement international connections and "norms" for states through the UN, IAEA, and international treaty.

Could the fact that Iran is a signatory to the International non-proliferation treaty give sufficient justification? Yes. On that note, I am disturbed by the US Defense Department's pursuit of "small" nukes for "Bunker Busting." That is a topic for another post, however, it is a matter of proliferation, a re-ignition of the nuclear arms race that we have been trying to undo for some thirty plus years, and to my mind an incredibly bad military and political move. Leading by example is a good thing, we need to get back to doing that.

So that includes the abuse of defense industry subsidies for national security considerations.

The so called "military industrial complex" is IMO misnamed, it is a Congressional-Industrial complex, with some jobs programs being mis represented as "keeping the industrial base and infrastructure warm." But that too is a topic for another post, and because it is so embedded in the political process and "the art of the possible" it is certainly doomed to be less than 100% efficient.

Occhi