tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post1670252577222588233..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: Obama BluffedMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-70958115597588645682013-11-27T16:38:07.471-08:002013-11-27T16:38:07.471-08:00It's not a bluff, it's a con. Those who t...It's not a bluff, it's a con. Those who think it's a bluff are being conned. Teh O wants Iran to have nukes, and he'll jump; over as many hoops as needed to make it happen. Randall Kohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06262147784760614189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-19294756425456625682013-11-27T15:30:19.378-08:002013-11-27T15:30:19.378-08:00I would say it's a coin toss - no better or wo...I would say it's a coin toss - no better or worse than 50/50 that a nuclear Iran uses an atomic bomb. George Friedman/STRATFOR adopts your entirely sensible PoV where Iran wants an atomic program but not an atomic weapon in order to get what they want but the point I stumble over is that there's got to be faster cheaper means to an end of that's their approach. Iran has run their country into the ground for a decade. Moreso now that we live in a world where genocide is tolerated even genocide with WMD is semi-tolerated. Iran might see the downside of using a nuke or two as not that much of a downside after all. No one's ever seriously stayed anyone's hand before in fact there has never been a genocide that's ever been prevented by any world body and more ofter than not they do nothing AFTER the fact. Syria attained more legitimacy by killing thousands with chemical weapons, not less. So I see it as Iran developing atomic weapons BECAUSE they want atomic weapons and once they do, all bets are effectively off. We have an impotent west and US who'd rather scold people in the UN for atrocities but Obama and the EU is not prepared to fight back against any real threat from anyone. They seem to continue to believe that no matter how crazy the psychopath despots get, they're far away. Perhaps what need to do is quietly give Iran the capability to lob atomic bombs into Paris, London. Berlin, Madrid instead of merely Tel Aviv, Athens, Sofia and Bucharest. Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.com