The nutcases and dead-enders who become kamikazes wouldn’t get control of Iran’s nukes. The ayatollahs would, and SOBs though they are, they don’t harbor a desire to turn their country into a massive suicide bomber. Obviously though we can’t let undeterrable non-state actors like al Qaeda acquire nukes though.
I realize it’s an unorthodox view, but I’m sanguine about even bad states going nuclear, since deterrence has a 100% track record in preventing the use of nuclear weapons — even super crazy North Korea’s nukes!
As for your question whether I think Obama would nuke Iran if it nuked Israel, yes, I do. Though he wouldn’t do it out of conviction, he’d do it out of political necessity.
Here's hoping that we never find out, but there's no way Obama would nuke Iran if they nuked Israel. It simply wouldn't happen, and there would be no media outcry to do it. In fact, he'd give them the word and there'd be a media outcry NOT to do it.
I'd bet money on this one, I'm that certain of it.