Iran: It's found they have nukes. Do we go to war?

Question

Give details for your argument for extra consideration.

I purposely avoided the political pundit section...

Answer 1

The major argument right now is whether or not to use military force to prevent Iran from achieving their alleged goal of acquiring nuclear weapons. But if it were suddenly found that they had usable nuclear weapons, then that might be a different story. Its one thing to deal with a state that is trying to get the bomb, but if you're dealing with a state that actually has it, then the rules change - don't they?

What if a totally radical and extreme group were to seize power in Pakistan right now. They would suddenly have access to nuclear weapons. Then what? Do we wage war against them? Answer: NO. We very carefully negotiate with them. Attacking them could lead to them launching nuclear weapons against our strategic or economic interests. That would be an ecological, strategic, economic, and humanitarian catastrophe! The same would go for dealing with a nuclear armed Iran.

Now if you are talking about whether or not the U.S. and/or Israel should attack Iran to PREVENT them from getting nukes, that's a different question, I guess.

Thanks.

Answer 2

It probably would have been a good idea to point out that this is a hypothetical question.

In any case, open war with a nuclear power, especially a relatively unstable one like Iran, would be unforgivably dangerous. If Iran's leaders were pushed to the brink, and believed they were about to lose a war and lose power, they just might do something crazy like firing off a nuke.

If they were to use the nukes aggresively, though, against the U.S., Israel, or any other target, they know they would be invaded and destroyed the next day. This is why we can be sure they will not use them.

Why does Iran want nukes, then, if it doesn't plan to use them? This should be obvious to anybody capable of observing history, even just very recent history. Near the beginning of GWB's term in office, he declared Iran, Iraq, and N. Korea to be the "Axis of Evil". N. Korean got nukes, and Iraq did not. We invaded Iraq.

Answer 3

If this occurs, then it will be rank up there with the Bolshevic Revolution and the coming to power of Hitler. Will Israel sit by silently when a rogue leader has stated that they should be wiped off the face of the earth? Will the US standby while Israel is facing this danger alone?...doubtful.

Anyway, the nearest projection of an operational nuke is 2010-11. There are 'choke points' in the nuke building process that can prevent that red line from being crossed.

If you are hypothetically saying Iran has a nuke, do we go to war? I think at that point, its too late for war. We'd be at a nuclear standoff waiting to react...rather than a pre-emptive strategy.

Answer 4

It is a very basic protection against the United States, who makes themselves enemies with any country selling its oil in other currencies then the holy sacred US dollars.

Continuous trade deficits is totally absurd from the world leader. It is done through an over evaluated currency boosted from oil sales. Irak got invaded because it switched its sales of oil from US to Euro. If you don't understand this and can't see how Iran feels about their right to sell their oil in any currencies, then you are a victim of the poor US education system. Nukes was never the reasons and won't be. When the US attacks Iran over lies and bullshit, there is chances that Russia will enter in the bandwagon. I guess some of US politicians really wants to see what is it to feel a real war at home, it is your duty not to elect them.

Answer 5

Nah. Send in Mr. Phelps to set them off.

Love the 'No Big Deal' crowd, though. Takes a special kind of thinking to believe a Radical Islamic Nuke is a non issue.

Anti American psychopaths with Nuclear Weapons, can't imagine why any of us should have a problem the that.

JFTR guys. The current anti war line in America is about politics, NOT the merit of the war.

Answer 6

Yea why not? We might as well since we want to try to control the world lets go to war. Then russia will join in we'll
blow the whole world up Fallout will kill everyone. This would make alot of sense. Then in a thousand years the earth would renew itself and there would be no humans to screw it up.
Because we don't seem to have enough sense to take care of it. And your a dreamer if you think we will ever get along you are very mistaken. People are never going to straighten
out. Lets get it over.

Answer 7

Well my personal opinion which doesn't hold a hoot or a holler is the present administration would probably like to get into a war with them....it seems like they'd take hell in a hand basket. And the head of Iran......well he's a shifty little character too.....flip a coin.

Answer 8

Do you want to go to war with me just because I have a Falchion?

Leave 'em alone.
If they use the nukes, the world will be wiped clean of life by global thermonuclear war anyway.
Until that point, it doesn't really matter who has nukes and who hasn't.... and it certainly isn't justifiable for some countries to be allowed them and others not.

Answer 9

Should the rest of the world declare war on USA for having nukes ?
What good for one country is good for another.

How they use them is another thing-Its up to politicians to sort out -they are our elected leaders Hah !!!! Bush and Brown
both sound like somthing from the nether regions and neither has balls !

Answer 10

Its a tough call, if we catch them red handed with nukes, they loose their greatest weapon against us, surprise. It's obvious their plan is to pass nukes though third party terrorist organizations that will bring them here to America. Once a nuke goes off here, Iran will be the first to come to our aid and demand that the "terrorists" must be brought to justice.

Finding nukes could prompt them to use them immediately against a closer target like Israel. They know that Israel will make a first strike if they don't. It could be a rush to see who would get to their planes first.

They know that being caught red handed will impose huge sanctions against them. They know that their economy would take such a hit that the only way they can feed themselves is to go to war.

It's almost a no win situation. Good luck to us all.