Yeah, I think that there are enough countries afraid of Iran's aggressive Shia coalition that they will take a nuclear Iran very seriously. I figure that they will probably just go nuclear, too, with Saudi Arabia the one to do it. But we really don't know how it will play out.
I just think it's inevitable. And I do think it will play out like North Korea and Pakistan having nukes, where they aren't really used but folks are afraid of them at the same time. I don't know that it will stabilize the region as far as the kinds of wars that occur there. I think those will continue, but something as large and direct as the Iran-Iraq war probably won't.
OTOH, Iran has been so imperialist in the region recently, that it's hard to say that they won't try to capitalize more on being nuclear than other similar countries have. They will not only be nuclear, but supported by Russia. They are already cashing in on that alliance, and I don't think it will get any better once they have the bomb. It might not get any worse, though, either, since they are milking that for all it's worth already.
I just think it's inevitable. And I do think it will play out like North Korea and Pakistan having nukes, where they aren't really used but folks are afraid of them at the same time. I don't know that it will stabilize the region as far as the kinds of wars that occur there. I think those will continue, but something as large and direct as the Iran-Iraq war probably won't.
OTOH, Iran has been so imperialist in the region recently, that it's hard to say that they won't try to capitalize more on being nuclear than other similar countries have. They will not only be nuclear, but supported by Russia. They are already cashing in on that alliance, and I don't think it will get any better once they have the bomb. It might not get any worse, though, either, since they are milking that for all it's worth already.