Hi raydarkhorse,


This is incorrect, a misinterpretation from a poor translation that was then expanded on and served up as propaganda, which suited certain groups and individuals at the time. It now has become 'a fact' simply because it is repeated constantly.


Again this assumption is incorrect, there is a difference between having a civil nuclear power sector and a weapons program.
Indeed there has even been complete and total denials by the Iranian President stating that possessing a Nuclear Weapon is un-Islamic.

But most have been programmed to respond 'Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a madman who can't be trusted'.

The propaganda that is served up is very subtle but it is a continous drip drip effect. Sometimes the drips are large enough to become noticeable. e.g. A ticker tape of PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. Bin Laden for example may scroll across the botton of the TV screen in the corner of the room.
If Iran has a defensive posture, perhaps we should understand why. Now just imagine if Canada and Mexico had been invaded by Iranian forces.
And as China has recently expanded it's military forces, perhaps we need to understand why,

www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.pdf

This is perhaps a good place to start.