re: #119 kirkspencer

I’ll ask the old questions again.

Why do you think they’d bomb Israel and/or Europe?

On Israel, I’ll make two points:
1) Jerusalem is also sacred to Islam. They want to destroy Israel the nation, not the land to include the Dome of the Rock.
2) MAD exists. Do the leaders of Iran want to destroy Israel so bad they’re willing to destroy the leading Shia nation for the benefit of Sunnis everywhere?

On Europe, one point. They can’t have enough bombs to destroy Europe. They can at most hit a small handful of critical cities. Thus the second point of the Israeli argument exists: are they willing to sacrifice themselves and the leading Shia nation for the benefit of Sunnis everywhere?

We, not just the US but the nuclear club as a whole, have tried to restrict membership. We’ve failed. We’re going to fail more. We need to establish a different mechanism for control.

This is especially true given an earlier comment’s point: nuclear power plants have advantages over coal. If we’re going to replace coal plants we’re going to have to do so everywhere - including places like Iran. That means we put low-grade fissiles in the hands of our potential and declared enemies, who will have the ability to increase the strength of those fissiles in secret.

We need another mechanism to resolve the horns of the dilemma you’ve listed.

Ahmadinejad & the Mullahs are a part of the Islamic cult that believes in the 12 Imam (Muhammad al-Mahdi). They believe they can call this Imam out who is hiding in a well somewhere by starting Armageddon. Ahmadinejad has even widened a road in Tehran so his chariot can land there. He has been threatening Israel for years if you haven’t noticed. I think they would sacrifice their own country if they can bring the Mahdi out of his well.