The problem with Iran having nukes doesn’t just involve whether they will actually use them. They may not have to in order to destroy Israel. They can act as a deterrent to strong action against the country much as North Korea uses its nukes. Look at the fact that North Korea actually committed an act of war by sinking a South Korean ship and no one’s done anything. Imagine what Hamas and Hezbollah might be capable of if Israel was afraid to retaliate. Also VDH has put forth the idea that just having nukes could so demoralize Israel that it could cease to exist as a Jewish state.
Israel’s Cuban Missile Crisis — All the Time
http://article.nationalreview.com/395387/israels-cuban-missile-crisis-all-the-time/victor-davis-hanson
“Once armed with the bomb, Iran will likely increase the frequency of its now-familiar denial of the Holocaust. In between such well-publicized lunacy, some Iranians, such as Pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will periodically threaten to wipe Israel off the map — or promise Armageddon if Israel retaliates against Hamas or Hezbollah.
The net effect would be for half the world’s Jews to hear constantly two messages — there was no Holocaust, but there might well be one soon. It would be analogous to the American public reliving the threats of the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 — every day.
A recent poll revealed that a quarter of Israel’s population quite understandably might emigrate if Iran gets the bomb. And it seems likely that within a decade or two, a nuclear Iran could so demoralize the Israelis by such psychological intimidation that it could unravel Israel demographically without dropping a bomb.”
