Comments on: U.S. Nuclear Guarantee To Israel Makes No Sense http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/12/04/us-nuclear-guarantee-to-israel-makes-no-sense/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:42:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: JonWright http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/12/04/us-nuclear-guarantee-to-israel-makes-no-sense/comment-page-1/#comment-3084 JonWright Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:10:53 +0000 http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/12/04/us-nuclear-guarantee-to-israel-makes-no-sense/#comment-3084 I agree generally, although I take issue with the argument that "If any Iranian nuclear weapons survive an Israeli first strike, Tehran is sure to use them." Although Iran would certainly would do something if Israel blew up its nuclear facilities, I imagine it would be something along the lines of blockading the Straits of Hormuz or sponsoring terrorist attacks, not using surviving nuclear weapons. Retaining a few nuclear weapons doesn't change the fact of Israel's large arsenal, and I doubt Iran is interested in committing national suicide as a protest to the Israeli bombing. I agree generally, although I take issue with the argument that “If any Iranian nuclear weapons survive an Israeli first strike, Tehran is sure to use them.”

Although Iran would certainly would do something if Israel blew up its nuclear facilities, I imagine it would be something along the lines of blockading the Straits of Hormuz or sponsoring terrorist attacks, not using surviving nuclear weapons. Retaining a few nuclear weapons doesn’t change the fact of Israel’s large arsenal, and I doubt Iran is interested in committing national suicide as a protest to the Israeli bombing.

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