Ironically, Iran now has a massive incentive to actually obtain nuclear weapons. In this world of no international law & no reasons to trust, it will look to them like only nuclear weapons can keep them safe
https://x.com/TomLondon6/status/1936704495682998738
Ironically, Iran now has a massive incentive to actually obtain nuclear weapons. In this world of no international law & no reasons to trust, it will look to them like only nuclear weapons can keep them safe
No one invades North Korea and CONSIDER Gaddafi and his nuclear weapons
Between 2003 and 2009 the Gaddafi regime voluntarily disarmed its nuclear capability
The US (and the UK) promised repeatedly that they would not attack a non-nuclear Libya. In 2011, they did precisely that and Gaddafi was killed.
Here is some relevant history: -
Gaddafi led a coup against the US-backed King Idris in 1969
For the next thirty years or so, Gaddafi was an enemy of the West and was held responsible for a number of terrorist outrages such as the Lockerbie bombing in 1988
Libya surprised the world by announcing that it would disarm its nuclear weapons on 19 December 2003
The key part of the 2003 deal was George W Bush, fresh from regime change in Iraq, explicitly guaranteeing there would be no such policy in Libya. There were words of reconciliation on both sides
Tony Blair said: -“Problems of proliferation can, with good will, be tackled through discussion and engagement"
Professor Jentleson, an expert in the field, wrote in the academic journal International Security in 2005, that in order to understand why Libya agreed to disarm : - “The repeated assurances the US and Britain gave Libya about not pressing for regime change were absolutely crucial"
When IAEA and US inspectors visited Libya in January 2004 they found that Gaddafi’s nuclear weaponry was significant and larger than they had presumed
On 27 January 2004, a US plane left Libya with the first consignment from its nuclear arsenal. George W Bush attended for a photo op to celebrate the unexpected and welcome victory against non-proliferation
The White House hailed Libya for its co-operation and said its good faith in dismantling weapons would be reciprocated
Libya became an ally in Bush’s “war on terror” and sanctions were lifted
In 2007, George W Bush sent the first US ambassador to Tripoli for 35 years
In 2008, Bush’s Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice visited Tripoli
On 9 July 2009, Gaddafi shook hands with Obama during the G8 summit. The White House said that Obama ''wants to see cooperation with Libya continue in sectors such as Tripoli's decision a few years ago to give up its nuclear program, an absolutely voluntary decision that we consider positive"
On 21 December 2009, a Russian plane removed the last nuclear material from Libya
In March 2011, only 14 months after the six year disarmament program was finally complete and Libya no longer had nuclear weapons, NATO attacked Libya and effected regime change. Gaddafi was killed
posted by Satish Sharma at
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