The West, led by the US, are behaving like children who deny each other their favourite toys. The toys in this case are nuclear bombs. No western journalist has asked Bush, Blair and their cronies the question:

Who has given our country the right to be the sole possesser of nuclear weapons?

If you want Iran and North Korea to not go nuclear, then first start dismantling your own arsenal and that of your darling baby -- Israel.

aziz anom, Hatyai, Thailand

I love it when people say "You Americans" These are the same people who cry for help from the U.S when thier tails start to get stepped on. Christos from Germany if I recall a few years back there was a man from "your" country that wanted world domination, or was there a couple of power hungry men from "your" country that wanted world power? If the U.S pulled all thier bases from Germany your economy would take a dump. Brij of India, I supose letting madmen run rampant throughout the world killing Innocence people in the name of religion is better than killing off the ones that are responsible. I think your platter is full with Kashmir. What about Africa with it"s crackpots running around killing women and children. I think they would be happy if you would gather your other friends that let other people do thier fighting for them and go talk some sense into those rebels. Some people need killed and others need help, and that's straight up.

john, Redding, USA

learn your lessons and bear them in your mind: 9/11
i strongly oppose any form of violence against humanity.
but some of your amaricans are too unrepented to be reminded of the bloody day 9/11
why didn't the so called terrorists attack RUSSIA ,CHINA ,INDIA,GERMAN or whatever you name.

just think about it

a peaceful chinese

peacef-loving chinese, jinan, The People's Republic Of China

Which is harder to belive... the fact that groups like al queda would love to set off a nuclear weapon on US soil or that Iran would supply the weapon if they had it? Pacifists have taken over the world. Also why is it when Hezbollah was indiscriminately firing rockets into Iserel nobody really seemed to care, but when Isreal responded by bombing the apartment complex where the missiles were being stored the world condemned it because they killed the human shields. wake up world! Sometimes you have to take the gloves off and fight it like its a real war. Stand up and fight before were talking about the nuke that went off in LA.

mike, wytheville , USA

the facts are suprising, if i was iran i would be trying to build a nuclear weapon, as pres. Bush has said there evil and there next(which most of the world disagrees) and remember the U.S. in the 50s used the cia to help topple the iran's gov. so the true threat is not iran but the U.S. itself

john, nampa, america, ID

It is truly saddening to hear people with absolutely no grasp of history or facts constantly spewing venom and hatred toward the American people. Ian from Chester asks, "Who made the USA boss"? Well that's a good question, Ian. Actually, historically, the United States never sought to be the world superpower that it is today. As a matter of fact, on Dec. 6, 1941 the American public and most of the government were overwhelmingly isolationist. After the war, we were left with the US and the Soviet Union standing as the most powerful countries in the world. Perhaps the US should have shrank back into isolationism and simply allowed the Red Army to march through Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, etc. Unless you are a communist, you must agree that there had to be a counterweight to the USSR. Britain, France, and Germany were in no position to do this, so that left us. Now that the USSR is gone, we find ourselves as an envious world's convenient punching bag.

Kris, New Orleans, USA

i believe we need to take irans nuclear installments out now while we have a chance.iran has billions of dollars worth of oil naturaly in their country they do not need nuclear power.i think they are playing games with the u.n. cause they know the decision making processes take forever there and it buys them time to develop their nuclear weapons so they can launch an attack on the u.s and their allies all over the world unexpectadly.

j.r., u.s navy, middle east

The U.S government with its "policy" endangers not only its citizens but the whole planet. You call the people who attack you terrorists but all they do is seek revenge for what you did to them, their families, their countries. I am not saying it's right, it's stupidity when you kill innocent people. This behavior from the U.S and the English government should not be accepted by any country in the world, let alone supported. We attack everyone with "nuclear threat" or "democracy" as an excuse but we have enough weapons to blow this planet to pieces. It's been half a century Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, now Iran, who's next China or will you stick to the smaller fish for a while longer. All for democracy and peace. I wish i could say this to the guys behind Mr. Bush. Not that they would actually care, money and power are more important than lives these days. This is the backbone of our societies. Admire what we call civilization?

Christos, Mannheim, Germany

Let us face some hard facts. Dick Chaney notwithstanding, there is no way the United States can start a war with Iran. The American budget, the American army, and the American people are fed up with the heavy burden of the two wars now in progress, Afghanistan and Iraq, neither of which is being won in any realistic sense of the term "victory."

There is no way the United States, or any one else, can force Iran to stop doing what it is doing, whatever its motives may be.
This is, I admit, a difficult concept for many Americans to grasp - the USA lacks the power, the money and the political will to force Iran to do or not do anything.

Accept it. Get used to it.

John Pattison, Kitchener,

"Again, we cannot afford a nuclear Iran at any price."
Jennifer Bigotti, Tiburon, USA

Says who? again you Americans feel that the world belongs to you...who has started the most military conflicts, dropped the only atomic bombs, killed hundreds of innocent and called them collateral damage.....I feel that any power that has the where withals should have nuclear arsenal because Isreal, USA, France, Britian and all these other states have then and are no moral in their use than anyone else.....Go ahead Iran, get them to defend yourself....Americans are know to bend the truth to suit them and democratic only means if we "america" say so....

Carl, Bridgetown,

Fish from Philly - you draw an analogy between President Ahmadinejad (whom you label a madman) and the mind of a school child.

In my experience, children possess an amazing ability to connect peacefully with each other over linguistic, racial, religious and cultural boundaries.

Let's criticise Ahmadinejad (and for that matter Bush) for who they are without unjustifiably roping in anyone else.

I see Bush and Ahmadinejad as very similar people – two men thrust into positions beyond their capabilities.
Their actions are desperate attempts to cloak the fear that undoubtedly grips both. Fear that their incompetence will be ousted.............which it will, eventually (but at huge cost.)

dm, paris, france

Terrorism is fuelled by the wrong policies of the governments. Hence the respective government bodies are equally responsible for this henious crimes.

Tackling terrorism with force alone cannot succeed. Its time to change the course and rectify our policies for the betterment of human race as a whole.

brij

brij, Delhi, India

The world cannot allow a country like Iran with it's fanatical leadership known to support terrorists and population which rallies around their leadership when it comes to foreign policy, no matter what, screaming "death to America!" to have nuclear weapons. They cannot be allowed to control Irag, and, definitely not be allowed to be in a position to threaten the world's energy supply. Military option is probably the best of all the bad options. Hopefully, they will back down if they see that the games are over and the US is "dead" serious. If not, they have to be dealt with in a hurry. Iranians are clearly playing for time. Unfortunately, Britain does not seem to have the will when things get really tough. As for Russia and China, these countries are not our allies and should not be considered as such. Again, we cannot afford a nuclear Iran at any price.

Jennifer Bigotti, Tiburon, USA

i think iran is the only country which is moving in the direction of self relaince without being dictated under the crushing force of economic interdependence on the US & Company(allies).muslim countries all have only iran to offer, because iran is the only muslim country which really seems to have truly islamic structure and clear principle based policies,and yet really progressive in terms of modern technological advances utilizing their own intellectual and other resources.there is no problem in having the right of self sustainability and self relaince in terms of N tech.this is the thing which US doesnt want because of the israel reason and it is not in the US interest ,but why everything must be in the US interest.i think mr. Bush has never heard of this famous saying"Things never always go ones way" because it is the nature of the world that nothing is for certain but there is always a degree of certainity or uncertainity for any event .

sayeem, srinagar, india

why have u chosen to see it the US way. Iran has a right to develop nuclear energy. so let them do so. the US is goin to harm herself if she goes after Iran.

gbo, baltimore,

I really don't want to see Iran with nuclear weapons but here's a question. Who made the USA the boss? Why does this country think it can repeatedly tell the rest of the world what they can and can't do?
In my opinion money is what made it the boss and that is why it invaded Iraq. The USA should take a good look at itself because it's refusal to allow other countries to do what the USA has been doing for years is making it more enemies than it would eventually be able to cope with.
It's hypocritical to the extreme. Consider North Korea, what threats did America make against them? Or is it maybe that North Korea isn't Muslim. Who knows?

Ian, Chester, UK

How can we be so blind? Stable employment in our country is a thing of the past, capital is being redistributed, factories are closing every week, the only businesses we see booming is fast food joints and gas stations in every corner, do we expect to afford health care and buy big houses and kick-butt cars flipping burgers 12 hours a day? Let's call things by their name, we continue to allow the owners of capital to "build" enemies, today is Iran, tomorrow surely shall be China, but who is transferring technology and capital to these "evil dudes"? We are!, after all they will be the best enemies money can buy, who wins? Cheney and the weapons industry, both on the winners and the losers and with a little insight we should realize we are falling into the latter group.

Hugo Jauregui, Fall River, USA

We should condemn all wars, period. The war in Iraq has killed more than 650,000 including 3200 American lives! This is barbaric! More barbaric than Saddam Hussein's crimes against humanity. Equally barbaric is dropping of more than 1.5 million cluster bombs on innocent citizens. We should condemn waging of all kinds of wars. We are human beings and lot can be achieved through dialogue and mutual respect of people.

baqar hasan, Fremont, Ca

i'm thinking the same as ah of santa monica. the iranians should be able to offer better

James, Adelaide, Australia

Is president Ahmadinejad really the best the Islamic world has to offer? I think a reasonable leader minus the inflammatory rhetoric would have been able to bring Iran nuclear technology and even greater things in the 21st century. Its a shame that a great nation like Iran has such a dim future.

ah, santa monica, usa

We should all deal with terrorist weather we are Hindu, Muslim, Christan, Zorastrain because when terrorist attack us and kills innocent people they do not see what u are they just kill innocent people and that the most coward thing. They just do not want to leave in peace and let other leave in peace. You have to change there mind set .

Homiyar T Sukhia, Mumbai, India

For us to Deny Iran or any country the right to nuclear arms is hippocritical. we as americans posses the largest nuclear arsenal on earth, how can we tell other countries to not make nukes when we possess them and are looking into making more. President Ahmadinejad of Iran is correct in that we are bullying other countries to abandon something we cling on to. I'm not supporting Iran's making of a Nuke I just think that for us to truly tell other countries not to make nukes we should at least begin to disarm ourselves. even if we don't get rid of all our nukes the gesture will still be there, and it will show that america is willing to follow it's own rules it sets. If someone told you that you couldn't drink coke because it was bad for the enviroment, or they wouldn't feel safe if you had one while they were sipping a coke themselves you'd probably look at the coke in their hands and buy yourself one. Bad Anology, but you should get the point. America needs to stop the hippocrassy

Ham, San Rafeal, California

attacking Iraq = terrible mistake

NOT attacking Iran = worse mistake

Unleash Israel NOW........

bob, mumbai,

Mr. Bush is a Great President. He is trying to make the world safer from madmen like the President of Iran. The Middle-East has no control of the various fractions of violent political groups.
Ask yourself, how long would it be if Iran did get The Bomb that some small fanactical group in the Middle-East used this knowledge to create a statement.
The president of Iran shoots his mouth off just like Sadame
did. The president of Iran is making the world much more
dangerous and has a mind of a school child.

Fish, Philadelphia, USA

Thanks for your insights there, tamo. Is it possible for any progress to be made on this issue when there are people who believe western foreign policy is driven by a hatred for all Muslims and desire to "take over the Islamic countries"? Please wake up and smell the roses, noone has anything against muslims in general, only those who blow up public transport, or those who threaten to wipe Israel off the map and pursue nuclear weapons.

Who told you these things?

James, Adelaide, Australia

Bush should follow Blair's lead! The war was illegally staged anyway. No WMD ever existed. Bush was after the oil. We all know this. This quagmire continuing is causing more terrorism daily.
Bush needs to be impeached! He is guilty of crimes agaisn't humanity. He cares nothing about those who serve there.
It truly has become a Vietraq. If Bush is not stopped he will lead us into a global war. But nobody seems to care that much.
Not to mention the swelling defecit we now have! President Clinton left us with a massive surplus and with peace and prosperity yet they impeached him over oral sex. Sigh. We are living in the last days where wrong is right and right is wrong.
God help us.

terry, sidney, usa

Lets make sure something is straight. Only one religion in the world has a massive terrorist/radicalism problem. Hindus, Jew, Christians and budhists do not scream for jihad at the onset of every injustice. Yet we repeatedly hear that the majority of muslims are peaceful. These are the same muslims that denounce others for making coments about islam, but when a cleric calls for blood stand silent. Silence is acceptance. Regardless of the target, this problem has and will soon effect all western nations.

david, dallas, Texas

America is just planning on taking over the islamic countries and bush has a huge problem against muslims and the biggest threat to mankind on a much much larger scale than any 'terrorist' group. And bush is also the creater of the so called terrorist groups for its repetative visious attack on muslims and its shocking to see what the americans have become to have kept him as president even know.

tamo, rotherham, uk