Posted on 03/10/2009 10:14:21 AM PDT by Fennie
If and when Iran gets nuclear weapons it would set off a global nightmare.
Most obviously, Iran could use nuclear arms to attack Israel. It's easy to say that Iran's leaders would be cautious, but what if ideology, error, or an extremist faction decides to wipe the Jewish state off the map? Even a 10-percent chance of nuclear holocaust is terrifying.
And if Israel decides its existence is at risk, it would launch a preemptive attack that would also produce a big crisis.
Once Iran has nuclear weapons, every Arab state, with the exception of Iran's ally Syria, would also be imperiled. Those countries would beg for U.S. protection. But could they depend on America, under the Barack Obama administration, to go to war - especially a nuclear one - to shield them?
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What if What happens when Iran Gets A Working Nuclear Weapon?
I think Sting was correct as a matter a fact, mutually insured destruction was not a game the russians wanted to play, cause like us, in the end, the wanted to live, had families, and were much more “like us” than “unlike us”. The Russians most definitely loved the children.
The “others” will shall call them, will gladly do an honor killing of thier children for various things, and to die killing others is a ticket to Allah, there is a difference, I just meant that the song he sang in many respects had a lot of truth in it.
They won’t hit us first. The fact of this serious matter is Iran will indeed gain a couple of relatively crude nuclear devices within the next three to ten years, but they will be on par with the 1945 nukes we used, not our ‘dial a nuke’ technology.
They won’t have several THOUSAND on hand, as we do today, in short.
They’ll hit Israel. My guess is via a nuclear bomb carrying ship, or even a fishing boat, at Haifa. They won’t risk losing it trying to get it into Tel Aviv via truck, and they don’t have the delivery system to send it via a parabolic arc.
To me the more pertinent question is will we, the United States, grant asylum to the survivors of Israel being hit with a nuclear weapon. The country is so small, a nuclear explosion - and believe the Iranians will in fact make it as ‘dirty’ a nuke as possible...well, it would end Israel’s existence as a nation in my opinion, due to the fall out alone.
Obama might send a strongly worded letter in response, but thats about it.
Iran could also fire one of their missles from a ship, aimed at the US. No one could respond quick enough to defend against it. You don’t need a launching pad for this.
Bingo
Sting wasn’t correct because he doubted the Russians loved
their children and didn’t trust Ronald Reagan to keep him
safe. The score as shown by history? Ronald Reagan: 1, Sting: 0
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Simple, they will become the dominant power in the middle east. Not to worry, our cars will be running on wind. They can't take that away, can they? No matter, my car will run on potato salad.
Obama and what he wants or thinks is literally out of the equation if America is openly struck by nuclear fire.
not responding immediately would probably end his life by coup in about 14 seconds.
Just my take on power in such matters. But I share your assessment of Hussein.
Not meant to disagree with your post. - Perhaps my take is angry wishful thinking.
I know that I would personally remove him in such a case if I had any power at all to attempt such a thing, with all legalities aside.
While a coup is possible, as are rogue military using their weapons without authorization (from what I've heard, the "football" isn't necessary to use some of them), that doesn't mean he won't be stupid enough to try a round of Kumbaya, first. I believe that he'd try to argue that the use of atomic weapons against any enemy is a war crime that he can't engage in. In fact, the way he's been going, I'm starting to believe he's the sort of leftist who would sacrifice his country for that sort of nonsense. And like I said, I hope his enemies don't start believing it or this could be a real short ride to worst president in American history.
After all, his name is Hussein.
Let’s hope that we never have to find out what happen if the United States is hit with nuclear weapons, whether Obama is president or not. As much as I can’t stand him and think he’s a menace to the country, I don’t wish him dead.
I think that his liberalism matters more than his name. I think he’d react the same way to the North Koreans.
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