Leon Panetta: The Big Open Secret that Washington War Hawks dont want you to know

lifegoesonbrah said:

They are surrounded by countries with nukes. We have a lot of nukes. They will not defeat us with their nuke.

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No they won't. But once they have those nukes, they no longer have to worry about us nuking them or invading them. It eliminates the option of a foreign power overthrowing their government, something we've already done to them.

The Iranian government sees getting nukes as essential to their long term survival.