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Old 17th Dec 2015, 18:00
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KenV
 
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It's not especially reassuring that a theocracy that regards martyrdom-by-suicide-bomb as a virtue....
It gets more worrisome. At least some portions of that theocracy not only believe in an impending apocalypse, but believe that they have a critical role to play in bringing about that apocalypse. A few nukes would seem to fit such ambitions rather nicely. So this potentially involves much more than Iran vs Israel or even Iran vs the whole of the middle east. Just how wise is it to allow folks with not just an apocalyptic vision but an apocalyptic ambition to have nukes?

And on a related note, once Iran has nukes, does anyone imagine that it will stop there? The Saudis are certain to want to get some. And almost certainly Turkey. And after that probably Egypt. And so on. Jihadists with nukes. What could possibly go wrong?
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