Is Iran’s claim about having a nuclear weapon just false bravado?
Reported intel from Pakistan states that Iran DOES have a weapon and DOES intend to use it if the conflict continues.
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Reported intel from Pakistan states that Iran DOES have a weapon and DOES intend to use it if the conflict continues.
If Pakistan’s claim is true, in addition to how Iran intends to “demonstrate” its weapon, is the question of just how many such devices Iran might have? Pakistan’s report is contrary to what U.S. intelligence has long indicated - repeatedly telling us Iran was only on the verge of a breakthrough concerning the technology. But, if it is so armed, there is no room for error in predicting what its leadership now might do.
While Iran lacks an intercontinental missile capability and thus is unable to target the U.S. mainland, other options remain available to effect such a demonstration. This includes targeting Israel, or a U.S. base closer to home. It could even include attacking a fellow Muslim country as Iran has already shown by striking out at Kuwait - claiming it was in retaliation for an earlier U.S. attack ...
An important warning to the West was left behind by Iran’s first Supreme Leader - the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1979-1989) - about not fearing nuclear retaliation by the West. He declared, “We do not worship Iran, we worship Allah. For patriotism is another name for paganism. I say let Iran go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world.”
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