ms spock said:

Cymek said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Trump in an exceedingly rare bout of sanity seems to be well aware of the dangers of nuclear escalation. He criticised Zelinsky for not capitulating to Russia because he was afraid it would his in words lead to World War III. This is not too say his war with Iran is in anyway wise or not him being played by Israel for a fool.

I would have thought Iran possessing nuclear weapons and using them would lead to their complete destruction.
Perhaps that is what they want.
If they attacked Israel with them the retaliatory strike would pretty much end them.
From there it could easily escalate to the end of the world.
That’s an actual serious worry that people want to bring about the apocalypse

But Iran doesn’t possess nuclear weapons and they see using nuclear weapons as against their religion as being good Muslims. It’s the evangelical Christians who think wiping out the Middle East will herald the return of Jesus.

I imagine that is quite true.
I was meaning that the argument to stop them acquring them really makes little sense.
They are very unlikely to use them as they’d be outnuked by Israel alone and only bring about their total destruction.
Its a deterrent to stop them being invaded more than anything.