what do think iran would do with its nuclear weapon ?
484381
you gotta USE it or you gonna LOSE it!!!
418886
It is bad that any country has atomic bombs. As of now, it is not proven Iran has atomic weapons, it is only proven they have enriched uranium.
525492
Of course not.  With the current most likely scenarios this will not happen.  If Iran continues its path of nuclear development, they will be increasingly separated from the rest of the world including some of the other Mid-East nations.  At some point a “face saving” way will be found so that they change direction or at some point the people of Iran will alter their government.
564024
yes iran should be able to have a nuke. and we should deliver it to them by air, and maybe one for syria, palestine, and turkey oh and no korea. good people in those countries should start packing up and moving out
474334
It now appears a foregone conclusion that Iran will continue its nuclear program no matter what the United States and European Union offer to stop it. A military strike would likely be futile, since Iran has hardened and dispersed its nuclear complex. \n\nA war, even a limited one, will almost certainly raise oil prices to recession-inducing levels, as Iran cuts itself off from global markets.\n\nThere are fearfully powerful arguments against the use of the military option. But multiplied together, squared, and then cubed, the weight of these arguments does not come close to matching the case for us to stop, by whatever means may be necessary, Iran from becoming a nuclear power. \n\nIf Iran gets safely and unmolested to nuclear status, it will be a threshold moment in the history of the world, up there with the Bolshevik Revolution and the coming of Hitler. \n\nAnd the kind of society we live in and cherish in the West will change beyond recognition. We balk now at intrusive government measures to tap our phones or other intrusions into our civil liberties. Imagine how much more our freedoms will be curtailed if our governments fear we are just one telephone call or e-mail, one plane journey or truckload, one lead-lined cargo ship away from another Hiroshima. \n\nYou ask for a date of the attack, it's unknown, be there are timeposts that military tacticians, i'm sure are looking at. The estimated dates of an operational nuke in Iran is anywhere between 2007 and 2012. \n\nThere are reports that the Israel deadline for strikes against Iran are the end of March. American air strikes on Iran would vastly exceed the scope of the 1981 Israeli attack on the Osiraq nuclear center in Iraq, and would more resemble the opening days of the 2003 air campaign against Iraq. Using the full force of operational B-2 stealth bombers, staging from Diego Garcia or flying direct from the United States, possibly supplemented by F-117 stealth fighters staging from al Udeid in Qatar or some other location in theater, the two-dozen suspect nuclear sites would be targeted. \n\nTehran has confirmed that it will retaliate if attacked, in the form of ballistic missile strikes directed against Israel (CNN, 8 Feb 2005). These attacks, could also target US military facilities in Iraq and Persian Gulf, which would immediately lead us into a scenario of military escalation and all out war.
522343
that is possible, if Iran has nuclear weapons we will need the best units to be stealthy and precise to ensure that they are destroyed rather then a whole bunch of regular soldiers knocking on the front door with a machine gun and smoke grenade.
462348
Iran is a "rogue state," which means that they support terrorists and scoff at international relations. Giving a rouge state nuclear weapons is like giving a loaded gun to a baby.
148986
If Iran remains stubborn on the issue and fails to cooperate with the UN inspectors like Saddam did, or continues to insist on gathering the materials to make a nuclear bomb, there is a very real danger of that happening. I truly hope not, but Iran's leader may force our hand, again, just as Saddam did. Pray for peace, my friend. There's been enough bloodshed and war, but we will do what we have to do. God bless.
420308
Iran will bring out their hidden weapons of mass destruction and alot of places and people will be wiped out.
775119
But are they only making nuclear power stations? The fear is they will infact use these instalations to make enriched uranium or plutionium for use in nuclear weapons. Iran is an unstable country in the hands of fundementalist Islamic clerics and are sworn to eradicate Judism and Christianity. These people can not be trusted with WMD.
330604
A couple of issues with your question.\n\nThe US is no longer testing nuclear weapons, and production is limited to what is required to replace older systems that are obsolete (read the SALT-II treaty).\n\nNext, of the countries that currently have nuclear weapons I would say the ones most likely to use them are Pakistan (which would lead to its anihilation) and Russia, out of desperation and impotence.  The chances of the US using nuclear weapons is fantastically small.\n\nThe US, and the UN for that matter (if you come up out of your hate america haze long enough you would realize that France, Germany and the UN are the ones leading the charge against Iran) don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons because it seems very likely that they will use them on their neighbors.\n\nBesides, would you give a loaded pistol to a three year old and expect no one to get hurt?  Same idea with Iran.
354813
Did you watch the last war, (desert shield)?  We fired at them and they fired at Israel.  If Iran get their hands on a nuke what do you think they will do?  Let's see, I know generate power for Israel.
528403
Before or after Iran uses a nuclear weapon on somebody?
359918
It will be like sticking your hands in a wasp's nest.  You certainly can't say with certainty what will happen, but most likely it won't be good.\n\nThe unusual thing about IRAN is that its young progressive population is also anti-west.  These are not the camel-riding people you think of that hate the West.  These are young intellegent individuals and given a common enemy I don't think would be good for anyone (including Iran).
402581
It shouldn't be a first option.  The ideal situation would be an internal revolution in Iran, I can't imagine that the average Iranian is terribly happy with Ahmadinejad and Khamenei though the Iranian police state has so far been able to keep them in power.  I think that diplomatic options need to be exhausted before military options are exercised, but it is up to Iran how far this goes.  If they allow the IAEA in to monitor and verify their claim that they are trying to generate Nuclear power for civilian purposes (which all current evidence indicates is not the case) then the world will probably let them do so, however if Iran begins deploying and/or exporting Nuclear Weapons they will have to be stopped, and it would be imprudent to take any option off the table before their intentions are known.
383537
Absolutely nothing, and Iran Knows that they can't do much , they can harm us more then we can harm them.
231561
I think we should round all liberals and ship them off to Iran.  Maybe they could persuade the islamofacist regime over there to give up their desires for nuclear weapons and to destroy Israel off the face of the earth by sitting under palm trees and singing kumbaya with the mullas until the camels come home. Maybe we will get lucky and have the Isrealies take care of the radical iranians & liberals at the same time with their nukes.  Is it just me or has every nation near Isreal threatened Isreal with destruction?  Would some one please tell me when Isreal has unjustly attacked their nation neighbor?  The absolute ignorance and attitude towards one of the strongest, most stable, techonolgically advanced country in the Middle East is just stunning.  What in the hell has Iran, Sryia, Jordan, or Lebannon provided to advance mankind?  Have any ot these countires provided any means, methods, or technologies for Humans?  Oil is the only thing I can think of and the USA had to go to them to help find, extract & refine oil.  Iran is sitting on top of the 2nd or 3rd largest supply of oil and they need nuclear power?  Use up all the oil and them you will have a major concern.\n\nI know what some of you are thinking.  What about the USA, India, and Pakistan, they have nukes!  No sh*t sherlock.  All countires with nukes has openly stated they have them & that the IAEA can freely inspect their nukes.  Iran on the other hand, has not announced their intentions and will not let the IAEA inspect.  Why even North Korea has let the IAEA inspect nukes.