Originally Posted by
42psi
I disagree, the intent of everyone with nuclear weapons must be assumed to be that they will use them if threatened with overthrow.
Putin's Russia, Iran, N Korea, Israel or the USA.
The trigger never has been that the country had to be under threat of total destruction.
The threat has always been the button will be pressed if whatever regime controls the weapons believes it is facing destruction/end.
Believing the "threat" is less than that is simply avoiding facing reality.
I think you are too quick to ‘assume’ that you understand the thinking behind the ideology which drives the Iranian regime’s thinking. Try thinking about it the way they think about it rather than how the west would think about a similar situation.