Nuclear Iran a bigger threat than ISIS

[mralstoner]

I'm old enough to remember hearing the same claims about Pakistan. They were religious fanatics who were certain to nuke India, even if it meant their own destruction. Some Pakistanis in the government said as much.

Well, at least that's an argument. Better than the other looney tune cheerleaders here. Prudence would make us prevent any Muslim group from acquiring nuclear technology. Two wrongs don't make a right. Any Muslim group with nukes is dangerous because of their martyrdom doctrine.

But there's still the critical difference between Pakistan (Sunni) and Iran (Shia). It's the Shia who have the apocalyptic genocidal eschatological fantasies about some Imam down a well.

Turns out they're not as suicidal as they make themselves out to be. It is an entirely different mindset to be the one who convinces someone to blow themselves up than to be the one who can be convinced to do so. The people who would have the capability to launch a nuclear strike from Iran are not the people who can be convinced to blow themselves up, they're the ones who convince other people to sacrifice themselves.

You underestimate the power of (belief in) God. When it comes to existential nuclear threats, it's madness not to err on the side of caution with Muslims, especially lunatic Shia Muslims.

Even the Koran acknowledges "Jihâd (holy fighting in Allâh's Cause) is ordained for you (Muslims) though you dislike it ...". But a certain percentage will "fling their dates aside" and choose martyrdom. You can't say for sure that those with their hands on the button are immune from the martyrdom virus.

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This thread has really blown-up!

Yeah, a laugh a minute.

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