# What do we do when Iran drops the big one on... **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 7, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-when-iran-drops-the-big-one-on/627485 "2012-07-07T00:42:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 227
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-when-iran-drops-the-big-one-on/627485/227 "2012-07-14T05:46:19Z")
> [@al27052](#): > > the Sunni have dominated Islam for 1000+ years, and they think they are, quite literally, God’s gift to the world. That’s bigoted, ignorant bullshit. > [@](#): > > Iranians are Shia. Yes, for the most part we are. > [@](#): > > The Shia have been the spat-upon underclass in Islam for the 1000+ years, and they don’t have the arrogance/hubris, generally, that Sunni Muslims have almost by birthright. That’s not to dissimilar to the talking point promulgated by Shia apologists, but it’s grossly simplistic and hardly accurate since Shia have often been rulers, have repeatedly shown that they are just as capable of arrogance and hubris particularly when discussions of the Hidden Imam come up and I’d certainly question the idea that the Sunnis are more arrogant. > [@](#): > > All the 9/11 hijackers were Sunni. In fact, I don’t know of any international terrorist incidents perpetrated by Shia Muslims. Victims of the Hezbollah would beg to differ. > [@](#): > > Still, it’s not like Qaddafi’s Libya having the bomb. THAT would have been a mess waiting to happen. Libyans are Sunnis, and Qaddafi openly supported/aided terrorists. For a variety of reasons Qaddafi was far, far less likely than the Iranians to have good relations with Islamist terrorists. In fact, I’m not sure he funded any unless you want to classify any terrorists who are Muslim as Islamic terrorists. He preferred people like Abu Nidal to Mujahids longing to become Shahids and enter paradise. Qaddafi was also hardly a conventional Sunni I’m not sure the point of your “Libyans are Sunnis” comment and Iran has also openly supported/aided terrorists(both Sunni and Shia) to a vastly greater degree than Qaddafi ever dreamed. I know lots of westerners make a big deal about the Sunni-Shia divide, but aside from some isolated regions, it’s not what many think. The Iranians and their men in Lebanon(the Hezbollah) have always had excellent relations with Hamas though the former are Shia and the latter are Sunnis. For that matter, following the triumph of the Iranian revolution Khomeini was wildly popular throughout the Arab world, including most Sunnis. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-when-iran-drops-the-big-one-on/627485)._