Originally Posted by
gums
Salute!
While waiting for tonight's raid, and PPrune ROE permitting, this debacle was due to happen, and my personal view from an adventure 50 years ago, it is better now than in a very short time from now when Iran has nuclear weapons with the ability (missiles) to strike Europe and UK, as well. Smuggling a nuke into the states will be a piece of cake if we open the borders again as we did from 2021 to 2025.
It is important to realize that the governing theocracy would launch nukes even knowing that they and their countrymen would become radioactive slag in less than an hour. I recall a beautiful day on September 2001 that those of the faith demonstrated this, albeit not from the current group. These folks are not like the Divine Wind warriors of the Empire in 1945, and their Emperor plus generals did not fly those planes on one way missions.
So we must recognize this and not find out if a tired, old warrior such as I and others of my experience are out in left field.
Gums sends...
I think you are correct. Indeed they would launch the missiles despite the inevitable consequences. The fable of the scorpion and the frog comes to mind. Look it up.
We should never assume logical behaviour from people or scorpions.