Why should Iran get a nuke?

[gryphus]

If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, i believe that they will for sure use it against the U.S.A. or most likely Israel. I mean, just look at the Iranian campaign speeches, they all want Israel and the U.S.A wiped off the face of the Earth. And yet President Obama still wants them to have a weapon of mass destruction.

[eynon81]

nope. Iranians are a 3000 year old civilization and center of a major world religion. they will not risk extinction to sucker-punch a temporary enemy.

[Saz]

[Homer]

[The dane]

[Indy]

Really? Iran's going to nuke the U.S. and guarantee that they get wiped off the planet?

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[spacemonkey]

Im kinda surprised a rudimentary one has not been set off yet. I hope the world don't over react when it does happen.

[Kane]

[Southern Dad]

There was a time where, I'd have said, if Iran wants a nuke we should sell them one. After all, if they used it on the US we'd remove them from the map but in today's world our leaders don't have the stones to carry through with it. After 1945, the world respected, fear is a form of respect, the USA but in the decades since then we've proven that we don't have what it takes to wage war and actually win.

[Dylan]

A retaliatory nuclear strike doesn't take "stones". It's just an automatic. Any president would do it.