The Iranian nuke will not kill us. That is not my fear. My fear is Israel being forced to unleash Armageddon if attacked or afraid of imminent attack. It is a small country surrounded by enemies who will do anything to kill the country. If a nuke is ever launched in the Middle East, the flow of oil will come to a halt and God help us all for being so dependent on them for our energy. There is your starvation scenario. No, the Iranians are not stupid -— just suicidal. They don’t care. Their culture celebrates the deaths of their own children if they blow themselves up killing Jews. The 12th Imam controls the thinking of the Iranian leadership.
People do tend to resurrect their mythology when they are most challenged and scared.
And to be frank, although I am a Christian, I also worry about the fervor of many Evangelical Christians on the ME hitting head on with Shi'ite Mahdi thinking. This 1-2 punch makes Armageddon more, not less, likely.
I've known Israelis for most of my life. One of my old friends was a Colonel in the Israeli Army during the 6 Day War.
Israelis are an admirably tough breed of people and extremely resourceful when left to their own devices. Israelis are fully capable of taking care of themselves and their country -- if we would only get the heck out of the way. Problem is that Washington wants to use Israel as a pawn on the ME chessboard and run the ME by remote control. That's not good for Israel -- or us. It just increases the Muslim hatred for Jews, and vice/versa.