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Originally Posted by karl262
If a country REALLY wants to have nuclear weapons they will probably have nuclear weapons. No amount of sanctions can stop that as demonstrated by North Korea.
I also don't believe that a nuclear armed Iran would suddenly attempt to destroy Isreal.
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I don't think the immediate threat is to Israel at all. The bigger issue is if Iran gets one, Saudi Arabia gets one, then Turkey gets one, then Egypt gets one, and so on.. the whole area is one giant power struggle. I'd also worry about instability in Iran, and the weapon getting into the wrong hands after some kind of violent revolution.
The whole deal at this point is really for show anyways. Iran is only a few months at most from a weapon, and if they really wanted one they could have one before the inspectors knew what was up.
The bigger issue for the USA and Saudi Arabia is opening up Iran's economy again. This could give groups like the Houthis, Hezbollah, Assad, etc..a major surge. With Assad looking to be losing the war, maybe the USA is counting on that?