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I just finished answering a Newsmax poll and there was a question about whether Iran would bomb Israel if they could. I honestly don't know the answer to that question.
Thoughts?
(If this is inappropriate for General Discussion, I understand.)
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)DustyJoe
(849 posts)Iran, No. But a good possibility that they would load one in a truck, give the truck to Hezbollah who has plenty of suicidal extremists in their ranks to drive it into downtown Jerusalem. Plausible deniability for the Iranians the act, but the fingerprint of the fissionable material would rat them out. They'd just claim it was stolen. Extremist hatred has no bounds proven in the Iran. Syria, ISIS, Hezbollah debacle ongoing.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Oh, you said Bomb?
I thought you said Bong!
Never mind!
mike_c
(36,281 posts)The same thing we did with it, after WWII. Remember the cold war?
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)Almost every country surrounding Iran has a US military presence, or allied presence, of some sort.
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)The rebels causing chaos there are backed by Iran. And the Saudis are preparing to invade because of it.
Israel is concerned that Iran is going to fund Hamas and Hezbollah.
H2O Man
(73,605 posts)The nation of Iran does not pose any threat in terms of aggression, with the bomb.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)But given the international monitoring I have no concerns about that ever happening. It seems to me that it is in their best interests to normalize trade with the rest of the world and try to heal their economy, not become another North Korea.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)It just goes to show you how incredibly GULLIBLE conservatives are: they believe an entire nation of people are all homicidal maniacs with an irrational hatred of the USA and Israel, and they all, every one, would want nothing more in life than to have their entire country vaporized in retaliation for a single nuke launched at Israel.
Think about how utterly idiotic that notion sounds.
Yet they believe it.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)qwlauren35
(6,150 posts)They showed the results after I voted.
80% thought Iran would bomb Israel
80% thought the Congress should do everything possible to oppose the deal.
I was dumbfounded by the results.
Not sure why no one hasn't noticed. If Israel has nuclear capability, why haven't they bombed anyone else?
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)That's the real reason for all the fear about Iran getting nuclear weapons: "it'll upset the regional balance of power" (read: Israel won't be the only state with nuclear weapons). Nuclear powers don't go to war with each other except through proxies.
2naSalit
(86,779 posts)Not like israel hasn't bombed Iran before so a deterrent is appropriate but the ptb won't allow it because who else can isrealis bomb then? And if it calls greater attention to the atrocities of israel, I think it is all the better. Bibi is painting the country into a corner that he wants us to build an escape tunnel from so he can slither away after he starts WWIII. Comeuppance is way overdue for Bibi and his tribe of war mongers.
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)still_one
(92,396 posts)happened
First of all this deal is an international one, not just the US. I know it confounds me why the world doesn't realize the word revolves around the U.S. or more precisely the republicans
Pakistan is so much more stable than Iran of course
Oh, but back to the question. Nothing unless attacked. And if they tried to use it, guess what, they would be attacked. It is something called peaceful coexistence. After the Cuban missile cris it became in style
The Middle East is a relatively small area, and any nuclear device detonation would mean bye bye, game over
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)As other countries have since the end of WWII.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)Drop it on American military forces illegally invading it.
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)Deter attackers.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)If they actually used them, we would turn Iran into glass. Therefore they would only use them to deter attack.