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Given that there are a few nuclear powers that could meet that criteria, I really don't see a reason why Iran is a special case, especially when comparing it to
by u801e 5y ago
Given that there are a few nuclear powers that could meet that criteria, I really don't see a reason why Iran is a special case, especially when comparing it to Pakistan, for example.
- benque 5y agoIran is a special case for Israel. Israel isn't directly threatened by Pakistan having nuclear weapons.
- Aeolun 5y agoIsrael isn’t directly threatened by Iran having nuclear weapons either unless the leaders are willing to give up their lives and country for their goal.
- ethbr0 5y agoIf I was Israel, I wouldn't bet that they aren't. The problem with populist-leveraging theocracies with bad economies is that you need a shared national boogie man. For decades, Iraq, Israel, and the US have been that for Iran.
- Aeolun 5y agoExactly. You need the boogie man. You can’t exactly nuke it . It’s like NK and the US. They keep bellowing about their rockets, but they’ll never fire them.
- ethbr0 5y agoWell, you need the boogie man if you're the dog and your goal is to keep your country under control. But if the tail gets ideas about wagging you? And your populace demands you eliminate the boogie man threat with all means at hand, because you've spent decades inculcating hatred in them and blaming ills on the man? Well... better the boogie man's head than yours on the chopping block.
- gadders 5y agoI think if people had been able to at the time, they would have stopped Pakistan getting nukes.