While Iran would not have a prayer of winning a nuke war, the devastation would be immense and the whole possibility should be avoided if at all possible.
""While Iran would not have a prayer of winning a nuke war""
go tell them that.....
What if they only had one operational weapon?
The downside is that it could be used as a 'roadside bomb' that would jeopardize thousands of our troops, not to mention Iranian citizens. I this something the U.N. and for that matter the E.U. are willing to let happen?
It's looking more and more like it.
I think our own leaders need to step up to the plate on the issue as well. I realize I don't have access to the intel they do, so perhaps this is unfair, but Israel seems convinced that Iran is close. If they are, I'm going to have to agree with them.
It's not about 'winning', so much as it is about taking your country off the opponents target list. You make youself invulnerable to conventional attack, basically. At least that has always been the thinking. Who knows, for instance, if the US might not attempt to preempt the crazies in Pyongyang?