It's Official: The Pentagon Finally Admitted That Israel Has Nuclear Weapons, Too

[MADem]

31. If either Iran or Iraq had possessed a suitcase nuke during the I/I War, I've no doubt

that they would have used it. That war ground on forEVER, because neither side wanted to give in.

So yeah, they were suicidal, both sides. If you remember, Saddam Hussein used gas in the Kurdish regions which led to an accusation that he "gassed his own people." Well, he was a Tikriti, not a Kurd (they have a separate nationalistic identity themselves), and he was aiming (badly, not taking into account the wind) at the IRANIANS who occupied the area in and around Halabja, where those thousands of poor people died. His goal was to kill Persians, not Kurds.

Iran for their part threw young boys at the front lines with nothing but a prayer and a "So long, farewell." Poorly trained, poorly equipped cannon fodder. Khomeini did this even after the geographical borders were "back to normal" and Saddam petitioned for a truce. He just wouldn't stop, wouldn't back down--he wanted to unseat Saddam and as a consequence, he threw thirty thousand or more kids at the front lines to try and realize this ambition. He failed. But he sure as hell did try.

The current leadership of Iran, particularly since Ahmadinejad has shuffled offstage, is certainly slightly less insane than the era of the Ayatollah Khomeini, but really, when you look at the Supreme Leader and the Guardian Council, only just. The right circumstances could raise their ire once again and I wouldn't be comfortable at all saying "Oh, they'd NEVER..." when they just might, if adequately provoked.