Juan: The Iranians are developing missiles with the range to strike Europe. I’m concerned that these same missiles, based in Venezuela, could reach the entire continental U.S., with the exception of the extreme Pacific northwest. plus the major population centers of Canada. It would be much more dangerous than the Cuban Missile Crisis because the Iranians, unlike the Soviets, might not care that we would strike back against them.

It would be less dangerous than the Cuban Missile Crisis because in 1962 the US and SU were roughly at parity in terms of nuclear weapons, while Iran hasn’t even tested a single warhead, let alone learned to miniaturize them sufficiently to mount on a medium-range ballistic missile.