Here's a present for you SC. A video about how much worse off we would be with out USA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwAtNILh6uY

This sums up the spirit of America. An extract from an open letter to Al Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks:

Well, you hit the World Trade Center, but you missed America. You hit the Pentagon, but you missed America. You used helpless American bodies, to take out other American bodies, but like a poor marksman, you STILL missed America. Why? Because of something you guys will never understand.

America isn't about a building or two, not about financial centers, not about military centers. America isn't about a place, America isn't even about a bunch of bodies. America is about an IDEA. An idea that you can go someplace where you can earn as much as you can figure out how to, live for the most part, like you envisioned living, and pursue happiness. (No guarantees that you'll reach it, but you can sure try!)

Go ahead and whine your terrorist whine, and chant your terrorist litany: "If you cannot see my point, then feel my pain" This concept is alien to Americans. We live in a country where we don't have to see your point. But you're free to have one. We don't have to listen to your speech. But you're free to say one.

Why is the USA allowed to enrich uranium and Iran not? Is it fair?

I think nobody should be allowed to enrich uranium for weapons, neither Iran, nor the USA, nor any other country. I also think the USA should get rid of ALL nuclear weapons, as a role model.

But US did nothing to impose restrictions on Israel, a country in a high risk zone. Of course Israel won't use these bombs on westerners.

Also US supply NATO bases around Europe with nukes. How does this rhyme with:
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, also referred to as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), obligates the five acknowledged nuclear-weapon states (the United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, France, and China) not to transfer nuclear weapons, other nuclear explosive devices, or their technology to any non-nuclear-weapon state.

has no one here ever heard of mad(mutual assured destruction)it's basically means in the event of all out nuke war both enemys would be fucked.whether or not this policy still stands is open to debate.

Have you ever been to Iran? Or the usa, come to that? Or do you just glean your opinion out of the middle pages of The Sun? I am not saying I disagree with everything you say altogether greystone, but for goodness sake, if you want to come across with a balanced, well-informed point of view - you aint gonna do it by quoting/plagerising the tabloids.
Just to make some random points, Iran has a very well-oiled society - good schools, good hospitals.....In Iraq no Christian was ever demonised/attacked until AFTER Saddam was ousted....if you want to talk about human rights abuses take a good hard FACTUAL look at Guatanamo Bay, and any Death Row prison in the usa....I am not an Iranian or american living in those countries so I cant pretend to know more than I do, but I do know one thing: its useless trying to pretend you are an expert on other people's countries if you've never even been there greystone and don't have first hand experience/information - spouting quotes from the tabloids is not expert opinion, any which way you look at at it.