Comment Re:containment theory... (Score 1) 1032
Buddy, 44% of this country voted for McCain, after 8 years of Bush, Jr. If you think Iran using a tactical nuke wouldn't push them plus a bunch of middle-of-the-road people over the edge to annihilate Iran, you're crazy. The U.S. doesn't do the "well, maybe it was deserved and we should consider our options" thing very well. We'd destroy first and consider many years afterward.
No they won't, because this would have implications in regard to China and Russia as well as pretty much the entire world, with a backlash against the US that the world has never seen before, and tactical nukes would then lose their entire value as the US could never use them again, as Russia/China would have every reason to treat it the same way the US did : massive nuclear retaliation.
The fact that 44% voted for McCain doesn't change anything, the people in power and at the Pentagon know what's at stake. They're more interested in keeping the US's strategic influence and military advantage than pleasing a bunch of republican retards