A post of mine from OG San's thread
I've said before that I would feel safer with Iran holding a few nukes rather than N. Korea, who I, too, feel is more likely to use them in anger.
What I would worry about, though, would be Iran's tendency to support terrorism; I think it more than likely that they just might slip a bomb or two to some whacko group with the right amount of cash, or even on credit, if they promised to use it against Isreal (or even the US). After all....though Iran probably (or maybe) wouldn't use nukes on Isreal themselves for fear of retaliation,, if an independent terror group did it, who would Isreal have to fire on? Unless, of course, they eventually found that Iran had given the weapon(s) out for use.
You all keep implying (some of you on two threads now that I've been following) that the US somehow uses its nuclear arsenal and the fact that we are the only ones to have actually used a nuke in war to hold the rest of the world in thrall.
When was the last time we actually used our nukes to pressure anyone into seeing things our way? The 1980s, with Reagan's buildup in Europe that eventually brought down the Soviets?
Until recent years, with N. Korea and now Iran actively seeking a nuclear option to their war chests, our nuclear weapons were incidental carryovers from the Cold War. Now, however, by going out and looking to build a nuke arsenal for themselves, these two rogue states are bringing them to the forefront once more.
Don't blame us; we've had them for decades, yes, but we haven't used them in 60 years, and don't want to.
The closest we actually came to using them was in October of 1962, with the Cuban Missle Crisis, and it was averted by Kennedy when his firm stand on the issue made the Soviets back down. That was 43 years ago.
In fact, we've all but ignored them since the early 90s, despite..DESPITE...recent conflicts in which they could easily have been used to wipe our enemies off the face of the Earth.
The activities of Iran and N. Korea are making us dust off and oil up our ICBMs once more, though, warily watching the emerging threat. Don't blame us. Blame them.