Toles: Imagine if they took over a country that had nuclear weapons.

[n2doc]

[Ineeda]

1. ....like the U.S.

Vote 'em out in 2010.

[Hubert Flottz]

2. We already saw them do that in 2000...

It almost wiped our country out.

[quiet.american]

3. Excellent. nt

[bananas]

4. Not just Republicans - there were even people on DU who wanted to nuke Iran

Not all nuclear weapons are "nukes". Lets educate ourselves a bit.

There is a big difference between a full-on nuclear bomb ala Hiroshima/Nagasaki, and what is referred to as a Tactical Nuclear Weapon.

More: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3059979&mesg_id=3059979

Also, there is much misinformation about the nukes being considered. These are tactical nukes with yields small fractions of those used in WW II. The fallout will be of no risk to Israel.

More: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3059927&mesg_id=3059927

We have seen a set of posts here claiming that tactical nuke 'bunker busters' are not 'real nukes' and are not even in the same class of weapon as the bomb we dropped on hiroshima.

This is of course a vile argument attempting to justify first strike use of nuclear weapons by claiming that these particular nuclear weapons are not really nuclear weapons. It is also wrong on the facts regarding the claim that the bunker buster weapon is not in the same class as the hiroshima weapon.

Now for some actual facts. First the Hiroshima weapon:

More: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3060468&mesg_id=3060468

What we are seeing now is the conservative message machine preparing the country to accept the ideas of a nuclear war and nation destruction against Iran. The technique used is the "slippery slope." It is done by degrees. Like the proverbial frog in the pot of water – if the heat is turned up slowly the frog gets used to the heat and eventually boils to death – the American public is getting gradually acclimated to the idea of war with Iran.

More: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x322102

and a related subthread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=115&topic_id=149568&mesg_id=149729

[Sinti]

5. Can you imagine how scary we must look to some folks :) n/t