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Given the balance of forces, it cannot be argued that a nuclear Iran will threaten the United States. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's fulminations to the contrary, the Islamic Republic will not even be a threat to Israel. The latter has long had what it needs to deter an Iranian attack.
Should deterrence fail, Jerusalem can quickly turn Tehran into a radioactive desert — a fact of which Iranians are fully aware. Iran's other neighbors, such as Russia, Pakistan and India, can look after themselves. As it is, they seem much less alarmed by developments in Iran than they do by those thousands of miles away in Washington....
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's fulminations to the contrary, the Islamic Republic will not even be a threat to Israel. The latter has long had what it needs to deter an Iranian attack.
Iran's other neighbors, such as Russia, Pakistan and India, can look after themselves. As it is, they seem much less alarmed by developments in Iran than they do by those thousands of miles away in Washington.
There is not one person on the planet that can deny the Iranian President is very vocal about his desire to end the existance of Israel and the West, he openly states it on a regular basis.
Iran would have no issue's what so ever handing over compact nuclear devices to blatant threats and enemies of the west (I.e terrorists).
Originally posted by skippytjc
I am however terrified of the poeple who will (not may) end up with Iranian made nukes however.
There is not one person on the planet that can deny the Iranian President is very vocal about his desire to end the existance of Israel and the West, he openly states it on a regular basis.
Originally posted by skippytjc
Iran wants a restoration of the caliphate and sharia law, this cannot be refuted.
Originally posted by skippytjc
Iran would have no issue's what so ever handing over compact nuclear devices to blatant threats and enemies of the west (I.e terrorists). Thats the problem. They support terrorists with conventional weapons and money right now, what makes you think they wont share more powerfull tech?
The main countries to feel the impact of a nuclear Iran will surely be those of the Persian Gulf. This is not because Tehran is likely to drop a bomb on Kuwait or the United Arab Emirates; rather, the Iranian regime may feel less constrained in dealing with its neighbors across the Gulf.
Originally posted by AccidentallyOnPurpose
There is not one person on the planet that can deny the Iranian President is very vocal about his desire to end the existance of Israel and the West, he openly states it on a regular basis.
The American president is also quite vocal in expressing his intention to attack/ invade any country of his choosing for reasons usually vague or unclear. Looking at the military might of both countries, I'd be more afraid of Bush.
The main countries to feel the impact of a nuclear Iran will surely be those of the Persian Gulf. This is not because Tehran is likely to drop a bomb on Kuwait or the United Arab Emirates; rather, the Iranian regime may feel less constrained in dealing with its neighbors across the Gulf.
Originally posted by Sep
[...]By your logic Tehran should have started delivering tons of chemicals and biological weapons to the Hamas or Hezbollah in the 80s when they gained the capacity to produce weapons of mass destruction. But they didn’t. May I ask why? If the hardliner Khomeini refused to give terrorists WMDs and the more moderate Khamenei has resisted giving it to them for 17 years, what makes you think that somehow everything will suddenly change?
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