geni
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Blah, blah blah. The US is the worlds military superpower. It doesn't need nuclear weapons.![]()
Russia has Nukes as does China. Not unthinkable that they would be prepared to use them. Both have the capacity to hit the US with them. At the present time MAD (or at least Mutualy assured unacceptable levels of damage) appears to be the only viable stratergy for dealing with such a situation.
If Israel has nuclear bombs - of course it would be fair if Iran has them, too. Guess what: No one should have them. Your point ... ? But, but, but...![]()
Israel is heavily outnumbered by the surrounding states that don't like it very much. It has been able to mentian conventional superiority so far but that may not continue to be the case. It has little interest in trying to dominate the middle east outside the degree that is needed to make sure it continues to exist. Israel's nuclear weapons appear to be a purely defensive measure at this time.
By comparision Iran has numbers on its side and while it's force projection capability is mostly limited to funding and arming various groups to further it's aims it defenisive ability is pretty darn impressive and likely to stay that way.