Regardless, he chose to fold.
replyRevealing his own country's defences online doesn't seem like the best idea tbf. Even though all of what they found and more is arguably already tracked with satellites with orders of magnitude more accuracy by every superpower, I'm sure second and third rate ones wouldn't mind the help.
replyThe rights delineated in the American Constitution are understood to precede the government being held to account for them. Furthermore, they are held to be universal, natural rights.
replyI think you're getting the Declaration and the Constitution a little mixed up. Also conflating "free speech" with "the first amendment", but everyone does that so they can motte-and-bailey.
replyYou would think that the right to bear arms would extend to Iran developing a nuclear warhead though.
replyNatural rights belong to individuals, not states. Iran is a government; governments hold powers, not inalienable rights. The analogy collapses before reaching the question of nuclear weapons.
replyInteresting interpretation given the the 2nd Amendment gives the right to "a well regulated militia" and not to individuals including crazed yahoos and criminals. Sadly for millions of butchered Americans, US courts have agreed with your interpretation.
replyBut do Iranians have a right for self-determination? How about Israelis?
replyThe right to a trial by jury in civil suits where the sum in dispute is greater than US$20 is a universal natural right?
replySays who?
reply...is that what Americans believe?
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