# Recent Iranian Comments Scare Anyone Else?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-iranian-comments-scare-anyone-else/352695>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 14, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-iranian-comments-scare-anyone-else/352695 "2006-04-14T19:44:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-iranian-comments-scare-anyone-else/352695/41 "2006-04-17T20:13:26Z")

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> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#):
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> IMHO time: Iran only needs one nuke and it’s reserved for Jerusalem. As long as they wipe out that city, they’ll be happy, even if it means getting nuked off the map.

ITYM Tel Aviv - they wouldn’t nuke that mosque.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-iranian-comments-scare-anyone-else/352695/42 "2006-04-17T20:35:22Z")

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Has anyone noticed what happens to the price of oil every time Ahmadinejad makes a bellicose statement? There is a huge financial incentive for Iran to keep the Middle East unstable. I don’t think it is the only reason, but it could be a significant one.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-iranian-comments-scare-anyone-else/352695/43 "2006-04-17T21:21:09Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> ITYM Tel Aviv - they wouldn’t nuke that mosque.

Either way, they’ll want a big target because they’ll only get one chance before Israel vaporizes them.

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