Because it would be a meaningful check against Israel
and the US which are relentlessly belligerent and the source of most of the violence in the region.
That just isn’t consistent with the behavior we’ve seen from Iran for decades. They have acted rationally over and over again, trying to avoid conflict, de-escalating when attacked (to their own detriment IMO), signing and complying with treaties. There’s a lot of anti-west sentiment in Iran, sure, but given what the west has done to them for a century, that’s very very rational. Why should I believe that such rational people would ignore the principle of Mutually Assured Destruction that’s prevented all nuclear powers from using the weapons so far?
I’ve been hearing this alarmist rhetoric about Iran here in the US my entire life and I just cannot reconcile it with what I see them do.
Because it would be a meaningful check against Israel and the US which are relentlessly belligerent and the source of most of the violence in the region.
No it wouldn’t, Iran would use them immediately to destroy Israel and let themselves be destroyed in retaliation.
That’s 100% what would happen. There is no possible deviance, the second Iran gets the bomb, it will use it.
That just isn’t consistent with the behavior we’ve seen from Iran for decades. They have acted rationally over and over again, trying to avoid conflict, de-escalating when attacked (to their own detriment IMO), signing and complying with treaties. There’s a lot of anti-west sentiment in Iran, sure, but given what the west has done to them for a century, that’s very very rational. Why should I believe that such rational people would ignore the principle of Mutually Assured Destruction that’s prevented all nuclear powers from using the weapons so far?
I’ve been hearing this alarmist rhetoric about Iran here in the US my entire life and I just cannot reconcile it with what I see them do.
Wtf are you on about? It’s called mutually assured destruction, not immediately assured destruction.
Why are you implying that they have no brains and can’t reason or use common sense like all people? That’s racist as fuck.