Will the entire region glow in the dark and be avoided for 100 years or more? Most likely, unless some entrepreneur can develop a process to reduce the length of time it takes for a nuclear disaster to become environmentally neutral.
The larger question is, can the rest of the world avoid the same result, or has the spread of irrational muslim behavior reached the tipping point?
YOu ask some serious questions we all want the answers.
I hope not. Chances are a nuclear war would engulf the whole planet. Those countries that have them will be faced with one hellish choice: Use them now or see them go up in an enemy attack that takes only 15-30 minutes, depending on distance. An ICBM launched from Iran into Israel needs to cover less distance, than say, North Korea to the USA or the USA to Russia. Pakistan to India and back the other way—what, 10 minutes?
Don’t forget Britain and France have active nukes in subs and aircraft and the Chinese are growing their arsenals quickly.
I used to think we dodged this bullet (after the Soviet Union fell). Two decades later, we’re back in the bullseye (and by this, I mean the world). Is Russian radiation any different from American? Israeli from Iranian, etc., etc.?