When I read Lisa Evens’ letter questioning whether nuclear weapons is a local issue, it reminded me of a T-shirt message I once saw during the Cold War. It read “One nuclear bomb can ruin your whole day.”
The big question is whether an entity that has a nuclear weapon also has the ability to deliver it to our doorstep. The Islamic Republic of Iran is in the process of demonstrating it can deliver ballistic missiles with frightening accuracy, albeit without nuclear warheads so far.
That capability could easily be brought close to our shores on a ship. I would therefore conclude there’s only one answer to that question. Moreover, given the destructive power of nuclear weapons, it would be utterly foolish to wait and see if we could stop such an attack.
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Excellent point - Iran can never be allowed to have the bomb and a means to deliver it.
And we finally have a President who is willing do something about it. Nuclear bombs don’t discriminate, they kill republicans and democrats
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