Quote Originally Posted by Тоби
Russia agreed to re-wording it in the first place, it was re-worded several times over the many years. The problem you have is that the US made the comment about Star wars in the early 80's and that freaked Russia out, due to the fact that military funds were low and they could no longer "keep up" therefore they were very concerned. So they came to the table many times challenging the wording and coming to conclusions up until 2001 which is about 18 years after the first statement of Star Wars. and about 19 years after the fact that Russia was found to have "started" the issue by building a radar station.
"Re-wording" and termination are different terms don't you think?

As far as I am concerned I dont care for the UN as well.
See thats where alot of folks get it wrong too, that they believe all US citizens believe in one thing. That is not the truth, I dont personally care for the UN, but there is nothing I can personally do about it. And really nothing you can do. The fact of Yugoslavia is that many EU countries insisted that the US take part and the US finally gave in, and like in my previous posts they then get blamed for it.
And if EU countries would insist that US should transfer all of its population to Antarctica - will US go? So Europeans have had the US. How very clever of them

As for the US "Searching" for reactors? Iran had agreements with the US for Nuclear technology.
My memory is not what it used to be. Could you remind me which particular agreement have you in mind? Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty maybe? Nations that have mastered nuclear techs will quit that treaty one by one as you will see. India did that, Pakistan did that, now Korea did that. And one more Israel (which had never ratified that treaty). Why Iran should be an exception? Why US don't search for Israel's nuclear weapons?

Where do you think they got it from? Russia? Iraq? how about France? They got it from the US, with the understanding that it would be used for power and there was certain rules etc..
If you dont like the rules dont come to play.
So US has been had for another time.

Do you really know what is going on in Iran?

Go read up before making comments.

http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=10023

I found the Al Jazeera site so you wont come and tell me it is a Western article.
And maybe read up on some of the agreements that were made.[/quote]

As we saw with ABM treaty - treaties are subject to "re-wording"
Iran wans nukes of its own - why not?
USA made a perfect example on a number of countries what may happen if somebody tries to live without any advice from the White House. Considering this, each country would be more than willing to have means of defending itself in case US would think that "democratic ideals" require their military presence on its territory.