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Not only is it frightening, but if things go the way they are over there, it is almost inevitable. This in turn will lead to nuclear exchanges the world over--beyond Israel and Iran. Pakistan would fire any nukes it has, prompting India to respond. China and North Korea might realize there's something to be made in supplying countries of their choosing with some nukes and firing themselves. Some of the Caucasus states in the former USSR have nukes and would fire it at Iran and possibly Israel. Russia might get involved and fire at the Middle East. The US might retaliate with nukes after scores of thousands of US troops die around the world as a result of mass nuking.

The US might survive at a visibly-unscathed level initially, but if oil and natural resources are at a sharp premium, the economy will tank and a partial collapse might occur. This is, of course, assuming other Nukes don't touch us...

End result: Einstein's quote about World War IV being fought with sticks and stones might come true after all.

Of course, the key word being here is obviously might...

Israel should also realize that if they Samson defense the region, they're likely going to toast themselves out of existence. Simply put, while it's effective, it's also a suicide move.

After all, one good nuke usually just doesn't deserve, it begets another.

And it also appears both sides aren't interested in MAD, but in NUTS.

We've been in a defacto war with Iran since the Iran Hostage crisis. It's more than just the first precursor of 9/11, it led to exactly how this seemingly cold war manifests itself and is becoming hotter as time progresses.

Diplomacy won't work either. Iran is metaphorically stuck in the 11th century. The leadership in Iran is composed of hard-line Islamic clerics that only understand that they want their brand of Islam to dominate the world, and thus aren't likely to know what the heck diplomatic relations (at least from a Western standpoint) are.

I say, we really should go in with several hundred thousand troops and take Iran, Syria, and heck, even Kim Jong Mentally-Ill out while we're at it--down to the point where everything is defused, right down to the last candle.

t's becoming not just clearer, but more obvious, that the Axis of Evil is manifesting itself as a dangerous threat to international security and needs to be swiftly dealt with.