And WND continues to fish...
Lets say they do have a nuke, and that they've kept it under wraps all this time instead of using it (which is highly doubtful - they would have used it so they didn't take the risk of losing it before they got what they wanted out of it).
So now they nuke LA or NY.
What happens then?
Well I'd guess a whole lot would happen.
I'd guess we would utterly destroy Iran, NK, Syria and anyone else we suspected as a possible source. The public would demand no less.
Hardly a winning move from the terrorist types.
I agree with much of what you said.
However, I guess it depends upon how you define "winning."
One of many related type links:
"Iran president paves the way for arabs' imam return"
http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_10945.shtml
"Our revolution's main mission is to pave the way for the reappearance of the 12th Imam, the Mahdi," Ahmadinejad said in the speech to Friday Prayers leaders from across the country."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/14/wiran14.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/01/14/ixworld.html
"The most remarkable aspect of Mr Ahmadinejad's piety is his devotion to the Hidden Imam, the Messiah-like figure of Shia Islam, and the president's belief that his government must prepare the country for his return."
"Their sneaking suspicion is that Iran's president actually relishes a clash with the West in the conviction that it would rekindle the spirit of the Islamic revolution and - who knows - speed up the arrival of the Hidden Imam."
That just might be a win, in Ahmadinejad's book.