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Quote by: RickSp  As nuclear weapons are almost exclusively useful as weapons of retaliation, it is not clear to me how a nuclear Iran, if such should come to pass, would change things significantly in the region. A nuclear Israel has proven incapable of bullying Hezbollah. The real value of a nuke for Iran, aside from prestige, is that it could make an attack by Israel or the US too costly. |
Yes. Iran would be free to continue destabilising Lebanon, continue working on destabilising turkey, and move on for more of the same with respects to saudi Arabia and the Gulf states. And you are right it would make counteracting such bullying difficult being that it could be too costly. Why though such a state of affairs is desirable remains mysterious, and why steps to avoid that problem is more dangerous is eqiually mysterious.