Quote Originally Posted by hooahguy View Post
theres a critical difference between iran and israel:
first of all the fanaticsm in israel is nowhere NEAR the amount in iran. while it can be said that israel was founded on religion, most of the founding members werent very religious. the courts in israel are secular, and few of the laws are based on the bible. i mean, you cans still drive and work on the sabbath (though many buisnesses are closed on that day anyhow). its a pretty secular country.
but the most important thing is that israel isnt preaching to wipe iran off the map. iran is.

about your statement

theres a critical difference in the underlined word. if iran have been saying all they want to do is use them for defense and never mentioned wiping israel off the map, i would be ok with iran having nukes.

i feel very comfortable with israel having nukes, because as of yet israel hasent used them.
now iran, i cant feel comfortable, because they have preached to destroy israel and im not so sure if they will live up to your claims that they wont.

also,

AFAIK, the Islamic revolution was a big fanatiscm movement.

also, while they may not have nukes, they do have a capability of an EMP strike.

Fair points, and I understand that Iran have said they want to wipe Israel of the map. The point is though that even if they did have the capability to do that by launching nukes at Israel they would ultimately secure their own downfall.


That's not the case at the minute though, the case at the minute is Israel is heavily armed with nukes and it would take just one nation strong enough to challenge it and try and enter its borders before it kicked of.

I'm just personally troubled by a country which is so small yet sits in a hotbed of religious and regional tension but has the nuclear capacity to destroy the world over probably.