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Originally Posted by Mike F
Do you honestly see Iran's desire to acquire nuclear weapons being driven by offensive goals?
Yeah, we've heard Ahmadinejad's statement about driving Israel into the sea and they've funded insurgents/terrorists, but do you really see them starting a nuclear war with Israel or anyone else? It would be suicide.
I have to believe that Iran's desire to have nuclear weapons is driven by (1) national pride and (2) protecting their ability to exercise influence in the region by providing security against military action by the US and its allies.
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Which I would imagine is a problem within itself.
I don't think Iran would ever use nuclear weapons themselves, but there is the chance they give a dirty bomb of some kind to terrorist organizations.
Israel has had nuclear weapons for 40-60 years now, and they're strictly used a deterrence.