I was reading an article today in
the New York Times which was titled, “Nod
to Obama by Netanyahu on Iran Bomb”. This article spoke on how Netanyahu
displayed to his constituents the “red line” by which it is nesacciry to attack
Iran before they reach the desired amount of Uranium to build a nuclear bomb.
Netanyahu, last month, blamed the Obama administration of not drawing their own
“red line” and how this was an impending problem for Israel.
While reading this, the thought
popped into my head, can we use Utilitarianism to explain a preemptive strike
on Iran? It seems to me that the utility for the Israelis is that destroying
the bomb before it is made, may save the country. However, we don’t look at the
consequences in making that decision to bomb now. The consequences could be,
however, that the whole of the Middle East breaks out in war against Israel. If
America is truly an ally to Israel, then we would help to defend them in this
war.
A few questions arise though. We
have bombs, so why shouldn’t Iran? Do we know that they are using the Uranium for
bomb making? Why not nuclear power? If they make the bomb, does that guarantee they
will use it?
I feel that the Israelis have a
right to life. They are human as much as the Iranians are human. The PM of
Israel obviously believes that his country is in harm, and the possibility of
the strike happening in October should be attracting our awareness.
What do you think? Can we use Utilitarinism
to support the actions of Israel? Would the greater number of people be happy
by the strike against Iran, or by the nuclear attack on Israel?
Here is the article if you feel
interested enough to read it http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/world/middleeast/netanyahu-warns-that-iran-bombmaking-ability-is-nearer.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
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