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Silent Hunter
Junior Chimp
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« on: August 17, 2012, 04:49:14 AM »

People are making at least a strike on Iran sound good. The only question is why I thought it as bad in the first place. I think I need to be reminded of the consequences. What could Iran do or anyone do for that matter?

Iran could close the Straits of Hormuz for a few days or weeks before the combined forces of the GCC, the US and Israel destroy most of its military, combined with launching high-explosive ballistic missiles at most of the Middle East.

It'd lose, but the damage to the global economy would be rather large.
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2012, 05:14:33 AM »

Morden, India and Pakistan are closer by than Iran and Israel.

Yes, and that's not exactly the safest situation in the world either.

My point is that any pair of nations with nukes who have an antagonistic relationship with each other is something worth worrying about.  You can't assume that because MAD has worked since the 1940s, that it's going to work forever.


Exactly. A Soviet sub came close to firing a nuclear torpedo during the Cuban Missiles Crisis as well.
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