Quote Originally Posted by Marlboroman
Oil = blood of the war machine.

Iran may be floating on oil, but there is less and less oil on the earth.

Since our war machines dont operate without oil, in the end, he who has control of the oil wins.

If Iran were to use nuclear power that would effectively cut oil usage, adding years onto the life span of the defense for that country. Not to mention the nuclear deterent.

Maybe you dont want Iran to exist, but im sure the citizens of that country hold a different opinion.
Dont bother telling me how that opinion is to see me dead Bong, ive heard this enough from you, I know where you stand on this.

It doesnt make sense to me to think that Iran would spend millions to develope nuclear power, to only get nuclear weapons to then drop them on their neighbor, not only killing millions of a so called enemy, but also endangering the lives of their own citizens via fallout. Useing the nuclear weapons as a deterent holds much more power than actually dropping them.

Not only that, I dont think Iran has the capability to withstand the onslaught of the militaries that would then invade and take control.

To drop a nuclear weapon on another country would effectively write the death sentence for the controlling power on Iran.

Do you think they want to be outsted from their seats of power?

I think they know better, they know that dropping nuclear weapons, they would be commiting suicide, not only for themselves but the millions of citizens within their borders.

If their goal is to bring about total islamic control of the world, how does commiting suicide help that cause?

How can someone bring about haveing control, if they are bringing about their own death?

Peace.

That all makes prefect sense if they think like you, which unfortunately they don't.
The Iranian leadership is perfectly willing kill themselves and their own children to start the world war that will cause the Messiah (Islamic in this case) to return, again this is all in the name of their God. If they get a bomb they'll use it. Paradise is just around the corner.




Islamic authoritarians love death and loathe life.

That is why MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) worked with the Soviet Union. Communist leaders love life -- they loved their money, their power, their dachas, their mistresses, their fine wines -- and were hardly prepared to give all that up for Marx. But Iran's current leaders celebrate dying, and MAD may not work, because from our perspective, they are indeed mad. MAD only works with the sane.

There is much less you can do against people who value dying more than living.
Here's the Article in total,
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