re: #665 windsagio

You try to rise to the top of a huge organization, political or religious. And as far as I know, its not an inherited nobility :p

So largely, yes. At least politically.

Also… (unrelated to the quoted the post but directed at you)…

Many people ignore the political rammifications of Iran OBTAINING a bomb. Even if they don’t use it at all.

It will mean a radical realignment of geostrategic forces, and the US will lose a LOT of influence.