Comments on: Iran's nuclear program: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita predicts no nuclear weapons will be built

By: Gema b

Gema b — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:59:31 +0000

It seems sooooo rediculous to me when I hear some countries think Iran has (or even is thinking about using) nuclear bombs! I think those who say such stupid things themselves know that tehy are wrong, because using such weapons is totally illegal from Iranian government’s view point and Iran has announced it several times. But the point is that Iran’s enemies say such things to make people pay attention to a fake story about atomic bombs in Iran and therefore forget everything about the real users of such illegal weapons. The U.S government is the one that is accused for using atomic bombs before (nobody hass forgotten it), and now is talking about Iran!!! (whose nuclear energy is 100 percent peaceful). This is the U.S government that should be tried in courts for using such bombs and killing so many innocent people in japan in world war II. Have they forgotten that? Obviously they plan to deceive some naive popele around the world (if there are any) by saying such rediculous things. But no wise person believe what they say….

By: Rambling Wan

Rambling Wan — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Fancy predictions are nice, but are you willing to literally bet your life on your prediction? Because we all know that it’s one possible outcome of nuclear Iran, lots and lots of death either in a “low probability” nuclear explosion or in a nuclear backed conventional or terror war. So, do you feel lucky..?

By: Boyan Drenec

Boyan Drenec — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

“Engineer” the future! How? By reverting the equation thus discovering how to fiddle with people’s motives? Advertisement has taken to shape our minds and behaviour before, and look at the collateral squandering that came of it ! In my view, this way of reducing people to technical variables lacks… something.

Moreover, the “we don’t need the past” braggadoccio is disturbing: how are we going to know what to do with our knowledge if we have no understanding of the past ?

Although I can understand its use as a behaviour-prediction tool against all sorts of “global-terrorists” (90% efficiency says the CIA !), I fear misuse, somehow… I hear too much about power and too little about goals.

By: sandra tycova

sandra tycova — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t think this talk is even TED worthy. Not someone who readily admits to manipulating people and is a consultant to the CIA.
Perhaps if he said, here is a control country, one which the people I work for do not spend countless resources on manipulating politically and brutally, to see if my numbers work.
Speicherkarten

By: katie mckelvie

katie mckelvie — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Iran’s current supreme leader is Ayatollah Khamenei. I doubt that Khomeini would be able to veto Ahmadinejad’s proposed cabinet; he has been dead since 1989. Either this is an error on the part of the interview’s transcriber, or Mr. Bueno de Mesquita is no Iran expert.

By: Antoine Bonnin

Antoine Bonnin — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Iran needs nuclear energy and this talk about nuclear weapons is slowing down the urgent need for energy. Furthermore, a country like France which uses nuclear energy to power 75% of its grid and owns a nuclear arsenal is in no position to give other countries lessons. Same goes for the United States who’s the only country in history to ever used nuclear weapons. Even if Iran acquired WMD it would be suicidal for them to ever use them. The fact is that Iran has not attacked anyone in centuries, and 3 of its neighbors are currently at war. The Islamic government might be backwards in terms of democracy, but that should not affect international relations, since no one questions China, Russia, or the US when they abuse their power (eg: the US prison in Bagram). Also, sanctions only affects the population, which President Obama was quick to implement a week after his inauguration which was a clear contradiction of his campaign promise.