It's not a question of if, but WHEN Iran gets nuclear weapons. Anything short of an all out invasion/occupation of Iran will not stop them from joining the nuclear club. The benefits to THEM of possessing the bomb outweigh any consequences, or at least that is the calculation I believe they have made.
It's not a question of if, but WHEN Iran gets nuclear weapons. Anything short of an all out invasion/occupation of Iran will not stop them from joining the nuclear club. The benefits to THEM of possessing the bomb outweigh any consequences, or at least that is the calculation I believe they have made.
The game the US and Europe are playing is essentially to delay, so that "it doesn't happen on MY watch". I believe that was the goal of the nuclear deal made by the Obama administration - "I can't really stop you from developing a nuke, but do me a solid, and just don't do it such that I get blamed for it."
Having said that, while the thought of Iran having the bomb is unnerving, keep in mind, Pakistan and North Korea also have nukes, and while it's not a great situation, it's not the end of the world either. Everyone knows Israel has nukes, even though they don't officially say so, and the mullahs in Iran may be fanatical, but I don't believe they are suicidal. They have pretty good lives, and know full well those lives would end if they tried to nuke Israel.
It's not a question of if, but WHEN Iran gets nuclear weapons. Anything short of an all out invasion/occupation of Iran will not stop them from joining the nuclear club. The benefits to THEM of possessing the bomb outweigh any consequences, or at least that is the calculation I believe they have made.
The game the US and Europe are playing is essentially to delay, so that "it doesn't happen on MY watch". I believe that was the goal of the nuclear deal made by the Obama administration - "I can't really stop you from developing a nuke, but do me a solid, and just don't do it such that I get blamed for it."
Having said that, while the thought of Iran having the bomb is unnerving, keep in mind, Pakistan and North Korea also have nukes, and while it's not a great situation, it's not the end of the world either. Everyone knows Israel has nukes, even though they don't officially say so, and the mullahs in Iran may be fanatical, but I don't believe they are suicidal. They have pretty good lives, and know full well those lives would end if they tried to nuke Israel.