I still say that Iran has the bomb. They are and have been baiting Israel to attack. Iran will then nuke Israel. Iran doesn't care if Israel nukes it back. This is the whole idea.
You're correct. Only the living survivors will care as they writhe in pain until they too don't care.
Wouldn't that be suicide for Iran, since they'd have to know if they nuked Israel that we'd nuke them?
All that glass and nothing left to park...tsk tsk.
"I still say that Iran has the bomb. They are and have been baiting Israel to attack. Iran will then nuke Israel. Iran doesn't care if Israel nukes it back. This is the whole idea."
You may well be right. I have read what I believe are reliable reports the Iranians have 2-3 old Russian nukes, which may or may not be operational. It's quite possible they've had either official or clandestine Russian maintenance performed on them such that the Iranians are reasonably confident they'll work. I don't think they have their own nukes yet, but anything is possible.
Aside from the unfortunate effect on Israel - which I do not dismiss - it would result in solving the Iran problem once for all when whatever was left of the Israelis and the Americans anihilate Iran and impose the modern equivalent of a Carthegenian peace. It would also be a particularly trenchant reminder to the rest of the Islamics time was up - heck, I'd nuke Mecca and Medina for good measure if the Iranians lobbed a nuke at the Israelis.