Mutual Assured Destruction

(MAD) kept the old Soviet Union from attacking us with their nuclear arms because both sides knew that both countries would be destroyed if one nuclear missile were fired at the other. That doesn’t work with N. Korea or Iran if one or the other or both get the capability to reach American cities or property with nuclear missiles because there is no “mutuality” about the destruction that would follow. If either one fired a missile at American property, only one country would soon cease to exist soon thereafter. Yes, N. Korea DOES have nuclear capability, and soon Iran may, also. But both are far from having the capability to hit any important American targets, and they both know that to attack us is to DIE in the next few hours: only as long as it takes our missiles to reach them. The part that is unclear is caused by the fact that both countries are run by madmen who don’t much care about that. Like Red Skelton said, as “the mean wittle kid,” “If I dood it, I get a whippin . . . I dood it anyway.” So we need to do everything we can to inhibit Iran from even GETTING a nuclear capability while doing everything we can to convince the madmen in charge that an attack on us would mean the END of their entire country, themselves included. Being a dictator is nice, but only if you’re alive and have a country to rule. (How Stuff Works)