First of all we all heard about how Saddam surely had Weapons of Mass Destructions, how the The west was so sure that such weapons existed. I still remembered how the IAEA were frustrated at not being able to inspect the numerous "presidential palaces" of sadam and assumed something most be fishy somewhere. Every nation on earth has the right to develop technologies which would better the lot of their people. Iran has come out to say its Nuclear programs are peaceful The west once again are point fingers forgetting how badly they had it wrong with Iraq. How the whole world and their citizen were scammed into waging war against a country which was never a threat to the US or its allies. Just so you know I actually do support a nuclear iran because I think it would bring the much needed balance of power to the middle east and cut short the excesses of that regions number one bully (Israel) (who ironically are not a member of the Nuclear non-proliferation treaty and who have more nuclear weapons to send the whole of the middle east back to stone age but would never admit/deny/ or even discuss its nuclear capability) Like you rightly noted Nuclear weapon is actually meant to be a psychological weapon meant to deter aggresstion from non nuclear nations and even nuclear nations through the prinicple of Mutual Assured Destruction. Where I would disaggree with you is the claim that Iran is not rational that nation is not backed by fact. sure its easy to think Iran as a very irrational mad Dog when you take the various statements of their president into account. calling Israel a cancer which needs to be wiped out and many other outragious remarks. But look beyond the rethorics you would see that Iran is relatively a peaceful nation which has never attacked its neighbours or waged war on another nation. The last war with Iraq was meant at self defence than anything else( It was attacked by a US backed saddam). Iran is a very ambious nation though and they want to be a big player in the middle east and try to position themselves as one of the big boys with huge influence in the region not just via military might but also economically and technologically. It is not the type of nation which would do something stupid that might lead to its destruction. simply put Iran cares more about Tehran than North Korea care about Pyongyang. Iran is defo not a north korea. It is a country which compared to saudi arabia and other Major US ally in the middle east is a bacon of democracy and woman's right. This idea that somehow Iran is a loose dog which if allowed to go nuclear would send Israel down to the abyss is not founded on fact or empircal evidence (It doesnt go around Topedoing the ships of its enemies . Iran sure barks alot but hardly bites except when attacked. Compared to the US (The only nation known to have used Nuclear weapon) which is currently fighting two wars (one against a nation which never posed a threat to it) Iran is much more a peaceful nation.

Oh really? Bunch of hiipies who happen to have visited many trouble spot on earth including iraq and somalia. and happen to be "hiking" around one of the most heavily mined borders in the world got past those without a scratch hmm interesting. Tell me what the american Government would have done if bunch of Iranians shows up accross the canadia/mexican border and claimed to have accidentally hiked into the US.