If a nuke went off in Iran

[43st]

This is a war-game thread based on this topic. The chances of this scenero happening are much more probable than in that thread, so let's see what we get.

If you're Iran how do you respond?

My thoughts... The Middle East is too fragmented to form a coalition strike force or defense network. As a country all you have is what you've made, your populus/army, and cash. The question becomes... how do you use that to force a surrender or an end game scenerio?

 

[Darkhawk28]

Well, Iran doesn't have nukes and won't for the forseeable future, so the first two options are moot.

I'm sure they'd respond with massive terrorist campaigns.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

How would you respond if you had the same access to technology?

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Darkhawk28
Well, Iran doesn't have nukes and won't for the forseeable future, so the first two options are moot.

I'm sure they'd respond with massive terrorist campaigns.

Ayup.

The US attacking Iran will have major ramifications.

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: Sheik Yerbouti
How would you respond if you had the same access to technology?

My reaction to a nuclear explosion is instant vaporization.

 

[43st]

Originally posted by: Darkhawk28
Well, Iran doesn't have nukes and won't for the forseeable future, so the first two options are moot.

I'm sure they'd respond with massive terrorist campaigns.

The other thread basically says "if Iran sets off a nuke in NYC". So in both that thread and this one we say they have nukes.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam

Originally posted by: Sheik Yerbouti
How would you respond if you had the same access to technology?

My reaction to a nuclear explosion is instant vaporization.

No sphincter contraction first?

 

[palehorse]

is this question referring to a completely pre-emptive nuclear strike against Iran?

The first thing they'd have to do is make sure their fellow Islamists didnt set it off themselves in an effort to rally Islam against the US...

 

[Gravity]

Parody thread?

 

[Steeplerot]

Create a coalition of governments to stop the rouge nation of the united states? Petition the UN for forced regime change here?

In reality it would probably respond with terrorism to counter ours.

Although a world alliance against the out of control us foreign policy is something to ponder, (so crazy to think this would have to come to pass nowdays)

 

[Darkhawk28]

Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Create a coalition of governments to stop the rouge nation of the united states? Petition the UN for forced regime change here?

In reality it would probably respond with terrorism to counter ours.

Although a world alliance against the out of control us foreign policy is something to ponder, (so crazy to think this would have to come to pass nowdays)

If the U.S. preemptively struck Iran with nuclear weapons, I do believe the world would come down with major sanctions again us.

 

[palehorse]

Originally posted by: Darkhawk28

Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Create a coalition of governments to stop the rouge nation of the united states? Petition the UN for forced regime change here?

In reality it would probably respond with terrorism to counter ours.

Although a world alliance against the out of control us foreign policy is something to ponder, (so crazy to think this would have to come to pass nowdays)

If the U.S. preemptively struck Iran with nuclear weapons, I do believe the world would come down with major sanctions again us.

I agree.

 

[Steeplerot]

Originally posted by: Darkhawk28

Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Create a coalition of governments to stop the rouge nation of the united states? Petition the UN for forced regime change here?

In reality it would probably respond with terrorism to counter ours.

Although a world alliance against the out of control us foreign policy is something to ponder, (so crazy to think this would have to come to pass nowdays)

If the U.S. preemptively struck Iran with nuclear weapons, I do believe the world would come down with major sanctions again us.

It is getting to that point now, hitting this country in the pocketbook is going to be the way to show them we cannot act like bullies of the world anymore. It's a shame this country became the only world power and let it go to their heads like this, History shows every empire falls of it's own undoing though in the end.

We were heading into space, had a rich culture, the forefront of freedoms given to our people, now we withdraw into ourselves infighting and becoming militaristic screwing our economy as the time grows short, just like the last superpower.

I hope not.

 

[43st]

Originally posted by: Darkhawk28

Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Create a coalition of governments to stop the rouge nation of the united states? Petition the UN for forced regime change here?

In reality it would probably respond with terrorism to counter ours.

Although a world alliance against the out of control us foreign policy is something to ponder, (so crazy to think this would have to come to pass nowdays)

If the U.S. preemptively struck Iran with nuclear weapons, I do believe the world would come down with major sanctions again us.

I'm not so sure. Iraq turned out to be more or less a unwarranted invasion and the international community simply rolled over. A few hippies marched in France but that's about it. I don't think Iran would be so different. The US Secretary of State could address the UN with cooked books and that would be it.

 

[Darkhawk28]

Originally posted by: Thera

Originally posted by: Darkhawk28

Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Create a coalition of governments to stop the rouge nation of the united states? Petition the UN for forced regime change here?

In reality it would probably respond with terrorism to counter ours.

Although a world alliance against the out of control us foreign policy is something to ponder, (so crazy to think this would have to come to pass nowdays)

If the U.S. preemptively struck Iran with nuclear weapons, I do believe the world would come down with major sanctions again us.

I'm not so sure. Iraq turned out to be more or less a unwarranted invasion and the international community simply rolled over. A few hippies marched in France but that's about it. I don't think Iran would be so different. The US Secretary of State could address the UN with cooked books and that would be it.

The protests to the Iraq war were MASSIVE worldwide. But I must remind you that preemptive NUCLEAR war against Iran is a whole different ballgame.

 

[43st]

Originally posted by: Darkhawk28
But I must remind you that preemptive NUCLEAR war against Iran is a whole different ballgame.

100% agreed

 

[Aimster]

If a nuclear bomb goes off inside Iran,

Iran will give their chemical weapons to hezbollah and send them into Israel.

They will then use the nuclear bomb going off inside Iran as their excuse for using their WMDs on Israel.

It will basically lead to a chain of events that will cripple the world.

Pakistan and India can now use nuclear weapons and nobody can tell them otherwise, especially the U.S. The U.S the "world police" used nuclear weapons so therefore it is OK if other countries do it to.

The situation in Iraq would turn to horrible with a flock of Iranian weapons flooding into Iraq.

The U.S citizens would go crazy and demand Bush get impeached .. blah blah blah with riots all around the world.

Oil will rise to $100/barrel

China now can use nuclear weapons on Taiwan and the U.S cannot blame them.

North Korea can nuke South Korea...

Of course this is my opinion and I could be wrong.

 

[EatSpam]

Originally posted by: ntdz
Personally, I'd make sure every American in America was dead.

However, I don't think that would or could happen.

Fixed for a new thread!

 

[ntdz]

If Iran were to get nuked and they knew who did it, they have every right do retaliate...as long as it's the country that nuked them. Retaliating against Israel, if they didn't attack them, isn't OK.

 

[J0hnny]

Originally posted by: ntdz
If Iran were to get nuked and they knew who did it, they have every right do retaliate...as long as it's the country that nuked them. Retaliating against Israel, if they didn't attack them, isn't OK.

If you ruled a country that was nuked by a country too far for your missiles to reach, wouldn't you hit an enemy ally instead?

 

[palehorse]

Originally posted by: J0hnny

Originally posted by: ntdz
If Iran were to get nuked and they knew who did it, they have every right do retaliate...as long as it's the country that nuked them. Retaliating against Israel, if they didn't attack them, isn't OK.

If you ruled a country that was nuked by a country too far for your missiles to reach, wouldn't you hit an enemy ally instead?

no.

 

[HBalzer]

I think they would deny it! Like Iraq denied we where right outside the capitol.

 

[Steeplerot]

Originally posted by: Thera
A few hippies marched in France but that's about it.

Wrong, those protests made up the Largest global Anti-War Rally in the history of the human race.

Or so says the Guinness Book of world recordslink

On February 15, 2003, anti-war rallies took place across the globe ? the largest occurring in Rome, Italy, where a crowd of 3 million gathered to protest against the USA?s threat to invade Iraq. Police figures report that millions more demonstrated in nearly 600 cities worldwide: on the same day, 1.3 million rallied in Barcelona, Spain, 1 million participated in a peace march through the streets of London, UK, and 500,00 people in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, joined the biggest marches since the Vietnam War peace protests.

Wiki says:

February 15, 2003 was a global day of protests against the imminent invasion of Iraq. Millions of people protested in approximately 800 cities around the world. According to BBC News, between six and ten million people took part in protests in up to sixty countries over the weekend of the 15th and 16th [1]; other estimates range from eight million to thirty million

The american media lies like a dog, they are owned in part by the same people who had big money in awaiting contracts in rebuilding iraq.

 

[Aimster]

Doesn't Italy have troops in Iraq? 3 million protested too.

Wonder how the elections turned out in that country.

Anyone know?

 

[InfectedMushroom]

Originally posted by: Aimster
Doesn't Italy have troops in Iraq? 3 million protested too.

Wonder how the elections turned out in that country.

Anyone know?

Here's how the election turned out: Yahoo Article

They voted out the PM who sent troops to Iraq, even though that PM controls the media and had 10 times the TV exposure that Prodi had. He didn't care about the fines for breaking the law (equal tv time, etc...).