If Bush nukes the Moon..(Why the Iran thing is crap) [View All]

[Pavulon]

This nuke Iran thing is spiraling away from reality at near light speed.

A few facts:

1) The president RELEASES the nuclear arsenal to the Joint Chiefs. The military decides on the use of nuclear weapons. The United States has not used nuclear weapons in a conflict in 60 years. Those were the 2nd and 3rd nuclear bombs ever created by man.

2) A quick search of the US NPR (Nuclear Posture Review) outlines the criteria of the US using nuclear weapons. Attacking Iran under this situation does not meet the conditions.


3) Iran does not warrant the use of nuclear weapons from a strategic point. The US has the capability and manpower to run a full open war in Iran without the use of Nukes. The military is built around the concept of fighting a major two front war. The entire US military is not engaged in Iraq. I have friends stationed with active duty units in asia and europe. They have not been to Iraq and their units have no plans for deployment there. The US naval fleet has a moderate presence in the gulf. The majority of the pacific fleet is not in the area.

4) The pieces are not in place. If you are going to start an open war you put the parts in place to win. There is no staging of military resources to support the aftermath of this FICTIONAL attack. It took time to build up for Iraq, the world could see the machine in motion. The machine is not moving in that direction.

5) Source & Timing. The source is not listed, it comes from a person who is the polar opposite of rupert murdoch. This is "leaking" days after Iran's show of force.

Take a minute to thing rationally about this and you will see it is a JOKE.