Mutual respect between equals. That says it all, really. Either we go there, or we continue our descent into a cone of avoidable and manufactured panic.
A question: How much of the mounting paranoia and unrelenting hype surrounding Iran's nuclear program is designed to sell weapon systems into the Persian Gulf states?
And who are the vendors of those weapon systems? Could they be the choir leaders singing "Bomb bomb bomb Iran"?
Once the Cold War ended, the Islamic Oil Wars began. Something was needed to scare the world into wasting national treasure on our various military-industrial-security complexes.
The world is so very weary of fear. Of oil. There are other, more important issues to consider. Like peaceful streets and fresh water.

Iran put them-self out of balance by saying Israel should be obliterated, at the same time playing with uranium.
It's a matter of putting two and two together.
I think it is the wrong direction to blame mid east trouble on oil.
Oil is their major export, so it will continue to flow.
It's a matter of trusting Iran that they are not making bombs, or not believing them and saying so convincingly.
Iran and Nth Korea are the bug bears, of this world.
Can the world take out chances of 2 countries that are radical's, or not

579 "Isarel obliterated' Israel has at least 200 nukes and Iran not one.Israel is the greatest threat to peace on this planet since they hold the West to ransom.

Imagine if a pre-war Nazi Germany had been able to develop nuclear weapons. They would have argued that as a sovereign nation amongst equals they had that right. When they tried to exercise that right, with heavy water experiment in Norway, the west left no stone unturned and accepted quite significant collateral damage; to ensure any nuclear facility was denied them. Particularly, as they were moving on quite rapidly with missile development, which if allowed to progress unimpeded, may have seen the very early development of IBM's capable of reaching America?
If all Iran wants is peaceful power provision; then perhaps they ought to explore thorium reactors. India has 2 30 megawatt thorium reactors in operation. Thorium can't be processed through reaction into thermo-nuclear weapons. Iran has promulgated a view that it intends to obliterate Israel?
If Israel does indeed have a nuclear arsenal, then it might well conclude, use it or lose it? And if it did use it, would that end the problems besetting the Middle East?
Well no, given in a time of rapidly rising use/need, oil supplies would be seriously curtailed; perhaps to the point where they threatened major powers defence arrangements; and, most major power would find that completely intolerable/totally unacceptable and would react? Perhaps ushering in huge environmental harm; or, WW111?
It's not what I want but how I analyse it! Rhrosty.

Arjay:

Interesting argument, although completely illogical.
How is Israel "the greatest threat to peace on this planet"? How are they holding the West to ransom?

I can't wait for your explanation.

Arjay,

When last did Israel launch an unprovoked invasion? when did the Arab states? 1948, 1967, 1973.

The only danger Israel's nukes pose is to anyone that invades Israel.