Re: World can live with a nuclear Iran - General Abizaid
^^ the ability to annhiliate Israel
they will get that ability once they make nuclear weapons
mutually assured destruction prevented wars between USA and USSR and India and Pakistan
this will not work between Iran and Israel
Iranian leadership maybe crazy enough to risk its own destruction if it means destroying Israel and ushering in the Mehdi
you didnt get the implication of my post.
If you feel that Iran doesnt care about its destruction, then they can easily attack Israel right NOW, and try to annihlate srael by defeating it with conventional weapons? They'll get annihilated themselves, but supposedly Iran isnt afraid of suicide is it? If Iran doesnt care about its own destruction why doesnt it just march on Israel now?
The world has never needed nuclear weapons as a precursor for war. And Iran has fought conventional wars without waiting to acquire nuclear weapons.
On the one hand you credit Iran with having the strategic wherewithal to wait till its a nuclear power before it takes on Israel, on the other you paint them as suicidal fanatics who dont care about their annihlation and will take out Israel first chance they get regardless of consequences for themselves.
So my question is, why dont they start a conventional war with Israel and bring in the Imam Mehdi right now? If they're the true believers you paint them to be, they would attack Israel with whatever they have.