Hitler had unreasonable demands.
Iran has unreasonable demands.

Hitler also had reasonable demands.
Iran also has reasonable demands.

We should all be able to agree on that part. Now let’s take it a step further.

Hitler was able to conquer Western Europe because:
a) we agreed to his reasonable demands or
b) he had a weapon (tanks) for which Western Europe had no adequate answer.

Hopefully you can see that the answer is b. France wouldn’t have stood a chance even if they had a several month headstart. They had spent the previous two decades pouring their defense budget into an archaic defense. There’s no way they could have retooled it fast enough.

Similarly, Iran’s reasonable demands (peaceful nuclear power w/ appropriate monitoring) won’t put them in a position to achieve their unreasonable goals.

Even if they managed to develop nuclear weapons in blatant violation of the NPT and even if they manage to launch a devastatingly successful first strike, they could never avoid Israel’s retribution. Israel has a large arsenal that includes nuclear-armed submarines.

A nuclear armed Iran would earn itself a seat at the big-kids’ table, but it would not signal Israel’s impending doom.

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in America. This pinup is a little later then usual, for a change, I actually slept in till almost 10. Unusual, and I wasn’t even smashed last night!
The pinup is by Vaughn Bass, with a bit of help from the Pat…