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Originally Posted by MediaGuy
Iran isn't refusing to allow anyone to inspect them; this is sorta like Saddam refusing UN WMD inspectors access to his country - bullshit. The inspectors were kicked out of Iraq by Bush so he could claim provocation and maintain deniability.
There's an IAEA inspection in Iran this week as a matter of fact.
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There might be some truth in what you just said:
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Previously, the IAEA complained that Tehran had not fully co-operated with its inspectors, though it did say that Iran had displayed "greater transparency" during an inspection visit in August 2011.
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So we know there was an inspection in 2011.
So far as I'm concerned, if you have any kind of nuclear activity, the IAEA should have a full time office on site. The nuclear power plant outside of Phoenix? Right across the street they should put an IAEA with unlimited access to everything. Mexico - and even Canada - has rights too.
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Originally Posted by MediaGuy
Israel does not undergo IAEA inspections, because it is not a NPT signatory and are presumed not to have a nuclear arsenal.
But while Israel doesn't deny Nuclear Weapons capability, it doesn't acknowledge either. They won't sign the non-proliferation treaty - they maintain a "nuclear ambiguity" policy or some such bullshit.
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If if this the case, then Israel should have the same sanctions Iran has. However, you saying they don't allow IAEA inspections and then talking about a nuclear arsenal in the same sentence. The IAEA inspections are for nuclear power plants, not nuclear weapons.
Israel isn't required to be a part of the NPT (nuclear non-proliferation treaty). The NPT states that if a country refuses to build or have nuclear weapons, peaceful nuclear technology will be shared with them. This treaty is in place to encourage countries like Iran not to have nuclear weapons, and to properly assist them in creating nuclear power - win win for everyone. Israel hasn't signed the treaty, and gets it's nuclear power technology from where ever. Seems to me Israel doesn't take nuclear power too seriously.
Does Israel have nuclear weapons? I'd bet my next paycheck they do. (And I bet you the US helped them.) But whatever already. Nuclear weapons are pretty much a last resort. You nuke another country, you can kiss everything goodbye.