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Originally Posted by DieselAddict
Only a terrorist state would nuke someone on a first-strike basis. What you're proposing (nuking Iran now without provocation) is the ultimate act of terrorism. But if Israel nuked Iran, then the chance of Russia nuking Israel back is much higher because then it would just be defending its interests against terrorism.
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In a pure sense, yes. However, since when have politics been about principle? Doesn't have to be a pre-emptive strike. Israel takes out a reactor, Iran does this and it leads to one of the two being wiped out. Works for me. At the very least, it leaves Iran with some problems to think about before it tries to support the guys in Iraq. Like I said, if they were not willing to go all out even in Afghanistan, what makes you think they will go all out here?
Somehow I doubt that the US will be very happy if Israel starts with a nuke and that will weigh heavily on the Israeli mind because we have bought some influence there. But if they are attacked with a nuke, I doubt Russia would go all the way and wipe them out for retaliating. Hopefully, the Israelis have learned their lesson about this limited war crap and really do some damage. If not, they deserve to be wiped out and we can find somebody else to buy.