Reply #164: Good explanations, but Iran is already a signatory of NPT [View All]

Therefore, all checks are already in place to monitor them developing nuclear weapons. The only countries that developed nuclear weapons recently have been non signatories of the NPT; Israel, Pakistan and India. Iran doesn't need US approval to develop nuclear power.

You believe what Ms Rice has to say about what the amendment authorizes or doesn't authorize? Considering Bush doesn't abide by any such restraints, in fact his whole presidency is an antithesis of abiding by restraints, why would you believe he wouldn't use this to justify an Iranian attack?

It wasn't a gutsy path she took, it was actually the easier of the two. I disagree that the amendment was a good piece of legislation. Diplomacy isn't about making non negotiable demands, it's about give and take. Declaring another country's military terrorists doesn't advance diplomacy in the least.