The one thing that argues against it lasting centuries is that nuclear technologies already exist that in enemy hands would be used agaisnt Israel or the US today.
Whatever must be done, must be done now.
You may be right. I was thinking of both the hot and cold wars waged between the Islamic and Christian worlds for centuries. They only sputtered out at the end of the 17th century because the West was so far technically advanced of the Turks.
I hear you...