Iran

So to be honest, I wasn't exactly looking forward to this blogging activity because I really don't enjoy reading through articles, and all of these topics seemed quite miserable. However, I must say I'm glad that I'm being forced to take the time and learn about current events because it's something I don't pay much attention to, but these are things that are really important to know. Anyway, what I have gathered about Iran is that they have a nuclear program going, but that's kind of uncertain. Iran is very secretive and will only allow visits to certain power plants, so that is definitely suspicious. The country is working to produce nuclear fuel, and reports say that they are very close. The question is: What are they going to use that nuclear fuel for? Iran claims that it is just for energy and use within the country, but other countries believe that it plans to use the fuel for a nuclear bomb. It is hard to believe that Iran is making nuclear fuel for civilian use when Iran makes it clear that it wants to wipe Israel off of the face of the earth. There's all of this tension between Iran and Israel, and Israel has threatened attacks on Iran in order to wipe out its nuclear plants. Israel sees Iran as a huge threat, but reports have said that Iran isn't close to making a nuclear bomb, though I guess that's really hard to gauge, given that Iran is only giving outsiders limited access. There is also word that Iran is ready to talk to and negociate with other countries, though people speculate that Iran is just trying to buy time. A lot of countries have showed their dispproval for what Iran is doing and have broken ties with it. Many countries are coming together to try to cut off Iran's monetary resources, which is apparently slowing Iran's progress. So that's what I've gathered through my reading and browsing and watching. I probably didn't summarize the happenings in the most logical order, and I probably left some things out, but I think I've pretty much covered it. I don't really know what to think about the whole situation because there seems to be a lot of uncertainty involved, so it's hard to judge what is going on. I think that negotiations definitely need to happen, or at least some sort of dialogue about what's happening in Iran. I just believe that the worst thing that the United States (or any other country) can do is make an enemy for themselves, and that's pretty much already happened. The truth of the matter is that this wouldn't be an issue if countries hadn't made enemies with Iran. I mean, other countries have nuclear programs, but we're not concerned because we're confident that they won't use that technology to blow up other countries. And I don't think that Israel went out and made Iran an enemy because Israel seems to have a lot of enemies simply because they want the land, don't like Jews, or whatever else may be the reason. So I guess in that sense, there was really nothing Israel could do, but I do think that it should not make the first attack on Iran. I don't really know what I'm saying, but I just think that countries in general need to make a better effort to get along. All that's left to do is wait, and hopefully there will be talk between Iran and other countries to figure out what they're doing. What is Iran really doing? And what are its intentions? Those are really the only questions I have, and once those are answered, then I think I will have a much stronger opinion on the matter. (Not that my opinions are ever not strong)