HEADS UP !! MIND BOGGLING IRANIAN THREAT

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[CougarGA7]

Iran will not use nukes, even if it has them.

I made this point a while back but it bears repeating here.

Making an Iranian/Terrorist nuclear comparison with the MAD scenario of the Cold War is invalid. Dont kid yourself for a minute thinking they relate.

During the Cold War it was a standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States. Both had a large enough nuclear arsenal to completely annihilate the other. This created a situation called MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)

MAD worked during the cold war because both sides were concerned about the endgame. In the endgame not only was it necessary for the opposing country to have lost, but there was a necessity for the winning country to survive.

This does not apply in this case. These terrorist, and yes I refer to Iran as a terrorist country, do not have a specific concern with the endgame. Their survival is not a necessary component of victory, only the destruction of their enemies.

That is the problem when the endgame is governed by religious fanaticism. There is existence and reward after life in their mentality of Jihad. Their own personal survival of the conflict does not matter to them. Dont think for a minute that they wont use a nuke if they have the means to deliver it.

[BunnySlippers]

Before we get all worked up ... does anyone know what the chain of command is in Iran as to "pushing the button". Does Ahminejad-raka-raka even have a say in who gets nuked?

Do the even have any safeguards?

[justa-hairyape]

Probably wont be 'in theater' when the event is triggered. They will need much more elaborate escape plans then Saddam's tunnel to the river speed boat.

[SC Swamp Fox]

I don't know, they have to know that all of Israel's weapons are not in one place, that is just were the fissionable material was processed. I don't have any inside knowledge, but I would bet that Israel's weapons are well dispersed: land, sea and air. The Iranians would have to assume this as well.

And what about the Great Satan? Striking the Little Satan does not diminish the Great Satan's capabilities.

[msnimje]

I agree, a sheet of glass. They're in for a surprise that's for sure.

Sort of like the scene in Indiana Jones were the Arab (imagine that) draws his sword and makes all sort of fancy moves with it only to be shot dead by a bored and unimpressed Jones.

[The Brush]

If Israel is given 1 hour to evacuate Iran could be visible in the dark for a few years.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

With a nuke warhead, one hopes that the device is disabled and it falls to the earth and does not perform it's intended function.

It'd be a real shame if all of Iran's missiles fired towards Israel were shot down over Syria. ;-)

[defenderSD]

I'm afraid it's not that simple. They may announce nuclear capability but without a successful test detonation, which leaves the issue in a state of ambiguity. They may try to create fear and uncertainy in the minds of people in the
West about Iran's nuclear capabilities. If this happens, the West needs to be brave and stand tall in response, as Israel does, and give them the middle finger. If they try a nuclear weapons bluff, I don't think it will work because people in the West are tougher mentally than Iran thinks and most of the public doesn't really comprehend the severity of the threat from nukes and thus won't be unduly alarmed.

[msnimje]

Now, go read Stalin in the 1930s and 1940s and Krushev after him and Breshnev after him; evil minds think and speak alike. How many nukes did they set off?

How many Nukes did Stalin have?

[Calpernia]

Their holes exit to other countries. I was not referencing spider holes. I was referencing their tunnel network they received from the subway contract they never had installed.

[justa-hairyape]

Do the even have any safeguards?

Not if Sunni Arabs have control of the switch. Nice little 24 hour plot twist there. Who would benefit the most if Iran, Israel and Lebanon were effectively destroyed ? (Just being a little sarcastic and thinking out side the box here)

[garjog]

"Unfortunately the Democrat's didn't fund building antimissile systems."

Democrats could be literally the death of us all. How did a major party get so anti-American? These guys are traitors through and through.

[Calpernia]

>>>>We are dealing with another Hitler only this time he's an Islamo-fascist who wants to bring forth the 12th Imam or some such nonsense.

Hitler's Islamic name was Abu Ali, BTW.

[ASA Vet]

You must have been asleep during III. We lost almost 100,000 KIA in that one, before we finally won.
We'll win this WW IV too and probably with less casualties on our side.

[BunnySlippers]

But Iran is all Shiites.

[kalee]

My son ordered his last week and a couple, economics and philosophy, arrived yesterday. In the morning, I'll tell him to start reading...quickly.

Seriously, do we wait for this loon to launch or do we take care of him before?

[Wuli]

"This does not apply in this case. These terrorist, and yes I refer to Iran as a terrorist country, do not have a specific concern with the endgame. Their survival is not a necessary component of victory, only the destruction of their enemies."

To them Israel is a proxy for the real enemy - us. They cannot "destroy" us - no matter how bad a few nukes would be. The result WOULD BE our damage but their annihilation, and they know it. We would survive, we would eliminate them and there would be a world that would not have an Iran and its "end game" afterwards.

[processing please hold]

Lol, perfect example. :-)

[defenderSD]

I'm sure you're right and Israel's nukes are dispersed in multiple locations and on ships and subs at sea. If Iran fires missiles at Dimona, I doubt they will do significant damage to anything, except for adding some big fairway bunkers to the local golf course. It would be purely a symbolic action for Iran to land a missile in or near Dimona. The fun-sized wacko in Iran is blustering here, unless he can bring in a longshot and successfully test a nuke.

[tcrlaf]

"BUT WHY ARE WE DICKING AROUND WITH THESE PEOPLE?????"

Short answer?
Because Libs lied about "Bush Lied" and put us in a weakened position, while thier sycophants in the media panted at every breatless word the DNC could squeeze into press release...