If we nuke Iran will our forces deployed overseas be exposed to radiation??

Question

...Via radioactive fallout or some other vector in harmful doses?? How small of a radioactive dose is harmful?? it has been ascertained in the studies done by government radiation releases over the town of Hanford that small exposures to radiation are likely to have highly adverse effects on the human thyroid gland... frequently resulting in thyroid cancer. Small doses of radiation also may cause a high rate of birth defects...

Please try to support your responses with useful information... this is something we should all discuss before advocating use of nuclear force on the middle east with our loved ones deployed in the region.

Plus I just really want to know... because I thinks its important.

I don't mean to say that I advocate nuking Iran... its just that so many people are always crying that a nuke should be dropped whenever we have even a minor disagreement with anyone... In this case it just happened to be Iran and I wondered if people would understand that a nuke is serious business if they realized that it could harm our troops...

but then I really wanted to know... would doing that harm our troops.... I don't doubt it would... but to what extent?? What about the environment?? What about countries and people nearby??

I didn't mention the civilian casualties in my question because any sucker who thinks they can just drop nuclear bombs to solve problems obviously won't be swayed by the suffering of civilians anyways... thats just not how the "just nuke em" mindset thinks... and you can't reach them on that level... because the only reason they so quickly wish to drop a nuke is because they simply don't care about things like that.

Answer 1

Yes, as will the rest of the middle east, and eventually the world as background radiation begins to climb. During a nuclear explosion, tons of dirt, dust and water vapor are pulled into the resulting mushroom cloud, and carried for 100's of miles by prevailing winds, to expose other countries to an increase in radiation, as well as an increase in the possibility of developing cancers. I hope this helps.
Even the smallest increase in radiation can have disasterous effects on the human body. The survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki can attest to this, with an increas in cancers, birth defects, and genetic mutations which plague the areas to this day, and follow the gene line to todays generation.
The use of nuclear arms by Our contry is wrong, and unconscionable, as it would be for any country. Our leader is out for complete global Domination by the U.S., having attacked a country that had no bio weapons, nothing to do with 911, and no nuclear capabilities. He, in effect became a Terrorist by attacking another country without provocation, breaking Many International Laws, as well as going against the Geneva Convention.
Isnt it strange that Our best Security teams in the world, our military, the C.I.A., the N.S.A., the President, the White House, the F.B.I., all were outsmarted by third world countrymen with nothing more than low tech weapons like boxcutters? For some interesting reading, look up on the web "Larry A. Silverstein", you might get the surprise of your life!

Answer 2

well everyone near the bomb could be affected. our forces overseas are not protected by an invisible force.

ps...uh...no one is going to nuke iran...quote "this is something we should all discuss before advocating use of nuclear force on the middle east with our loved ones deployed in the region."