I know what to expect from the FJ community in terms of politics, but are none of you at all perturbed by the idea of a radical theocracy getting their hands on the power to wipe entire cities off face of the earth? Please, for the love of God hear me out.

For those that don't already know, the only thing keeping us from annihilating each other over the past half century is MAD; Mutually Assured Destruction. You nuke us, we nuke you. Nobody wants to get nuked. The fact that we're not living in an irradiated wasteland is proof of concept.

The fear here is that Iran is not a stable country and those nuclear weapons can easily fall into the wrong hands, either accidentally or intentionally. Then we're screwed. MAD doesn't work when there's no return address.

You might say "Yea, but the US has nukes. That makes you hypocrites". No it doesn't. We haven't objected when stable countries get nukes. Hell, we give nukes to stable nations like Belgium and Turkey. However, Iran is far from stable. They cling to control by gunning down protesters and jailing dissidents. If they successfully revolt you're going to end up with nuclear weapons up for grabs.

Do you really want to take that risk?