I have been reading and loving to read headline news for a long time, probably since I could understand a complete sentence. I am always intrigue by world news and the present history. This daily activity serves as my bearing to the world, a landscape of mind with a larger world. But I also approach it (the world headline news) with some triviality and self-dramatization, like a little entertainment or a joy of reading a detective novel.
However one headline today that really strikes my nerve is the latest article on NYT about Iran's nuke and the possibility that there will be a good outcome for all parties in the upcoming negotiations.
If Iran gets what he wants, according to the article, the nuclear latency or the knowledge to create a nuclear bomb, then we all know, more and more countries will follow suit. Ok the nuke club we know today includes US, Russia, China, Israel, India, Pakistan, France (?), Germany (?), N.Korea... I think that's all. If Iran is in, then countries in Mideast will start thinking about it especially the smaller but hyper rich countries around Iran. Then what? Then those larger poorer countries around the smaller richer countries would definitely be interested as well. Then the process will get replicated in other region including places near me.
What if countries like Singapore, who I guess always feels insecure about the rather moody larger neighbor, thinking about the same idea? I am not an apocalyptic person, but there is a sudden switch in my perspective regarding this nuclear proliferation thinggy. It is very possible to happen in our lifetime or in my children or grandchildren's lifetime. One day, sooner or later, one of the nuclear eggs will surely break. And I don't like to read that kind of headline.