Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Israel has entered Iran in the past on numerous occasions. Launched drones from inside Iran. Assassinated many Iranian scientists.
So what? Better than just nuking them.
Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Iran will announce nuclear power one day. And bombing them isn’t going to stop it. This little distraction “war” has made people entirely delusional.
Nuclear power and nuclear weapons are different animals, it's possible to have nuclear power without any real prospect of developing a bomb. We'd probably even sell or gift them LEU for power plants if that's what they wanted (in exchange for their enriched stockpiles).
Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Iran absolutely wants deterrence. They aren’t stupid enough to launch nukes first. The fact you think Israel would launch first shows you who the true threat is in the Middle East.
Sure the rational ones would like deterrence, who wouldn't?
The issue as I said before is that their system is complicated, and they have a strong fanatic wing which they intentionally cultivated for reasons, and now have to live with.
Again it doesn't even matter what you or I think they'd do... it only matters what IL things they *might* do, and whether IL will take a chance on that. The general consensus of those involved in the problem set is that, No at some point IL will not just live with the risk. You and I don't know exactly where that point is, although the IL gov may have actually already told the US gov. That's one (of several) possibilities as to why this thing kicked off.