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Donald Trump says he sent letter to Iran to negotiate nuclear deal – US politics live
(www.theguardian.com)
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At this point, why would they ever trust the US to abide by any treaty agreement? We have created the conditions in which their safest course is to race to nuclear capability as fast as possible. As far as I can tell, the only reason they might want to negotiate some kind of agreement with the US, is as a stalling tactic to facilitate their nuclear program.
Having nuclear weapons isn't a counter to a nuclear-armed country. Having second strike capability is. I don't think that Iran is going to get second strike capability vis-a-vis the US anytime soon.
You don't need to have full mutually assured destruction for nukes to operate as a deterrent. It's a matter of degrees, rather than some sort of all-or-nothing safety.
Safety is relative. A nuclear capacity doesn’t make them safe, especially in a world dominated by an unhinged US. But, it does make them vastly safer than not having it by raising the potential cost of any proactive strike against them. Direct military implications for the US are minimal. But that’s not the case for US clients and US interests in the region.
What US policy has demonstrated is that US belligerence is a constant, regardless of whether Iran enters treaties or not, and regardless of whether Iran pursues nukes or not. Under those conditions, having nukes is pragmatic.