Germany was an economic basket case after WWI. Inflation was running something like 1000% in the mid to late '30s.
It had skilled engineers and heavy industry to build the weapons of war.
Only half right. They had skilled engineers, but one of Hitlers goals in 'annexing' Sudetanland was taking the Czech weapons factories which at the time were the finest in the world.
They don't have the economic base to sustain full scale war very long
The Iran-Iraq war lasted over 8 years.
Especially if they manage to set off a nuke somewhere
Here's hoping that somewhere isn't London or Brussels or New York.
Then we can't take the risk of them getting off a second one
You'r assuming we can prove where the first one came from.
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Then we can't take the risk of them getting off a second one
You'r assuming we can prove where the first one came from.
The US needs to tell the leadership in Iran and Pakistan that if a nuclear device is exploded in the US or harms US interests, we will assume it comes from them.
We will then turn our attention to the Arabs.
Germany was an economic basket case after WWI. Inflation was running something like 1000% in the mid to late '30s.
We were in the "Great Depression" at about that same time. We were still an industrial power. Take out oil and Iran produces very little. If we were at war, their oil would be going nowhere.
It had skilled engineers and heavy industry to build the weapons of war.
Only half right. They had skilled engineers, but one of Hitlers goals in 'annexing' Sudetanland was taking the Czech weapons factories which at the time were the finest in the world.
Germany may not have had "the finest in the world" but it was obviously more than competitive with most the world. Iran has no neighbors to take over to even get second rate weapons from. Their weapons are no match for ours in all out war.
They don't have the economic base to sustain full scale war very long
The Iran-Iraq war lasted over 8 years.
Two third world countries going after each other with no real means to strike deep in the others country. Not the case with war with the US. Most of their war making industry would be done in the first few weeks, if that long.
Especially if they manage to set off a nuke somewhere
Here's hoping that somewhere isn't London or Brussels or New York.
Or Tel Aviv.
Then we can't take the risk of them getting off a second one
You'r assuming we can prove where the first one came from.
If we are actively at war with them (which is what we're discussing) when a nuke goes off here. There's wouldn't be many other questions asked before we replied. The public would demand no less.