Secretary Rubio: These people are lunatics, they are insane.

 

3:56 “These people are lunatics, they are insane. They are religious zealots who can never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon because they have an apocalyptic vision of the future.” 

It is refreshing to hear Secretary Rubio state what this blog has been saying for years. MAD is Dead.     

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/03/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-with-george-stephanopoulos-of-abc-good-morning-america#:~:text=Secretary%20of%20State%20Marco%20Rubio,Washington%2C%20D.C.

Trump’s ultimatum expires tomorrow at 3 a.m. IDT

 

I think the Trump administration never explained well what is really at stake here. The real question is - what are the measures the US and Israel should be justified in applying in order to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons? The 440kg of enriched uranium which is buried will present a danger to humankind until it is either destroyed or extricated from Iran’s grasp. Why is this issue more important than all the others? Because if the Iranian mullahs get the bomb they could use it regardless of the consequences for Iran. For years politicians and media in the West refused to touch this topic. Middle East historian and scholar of Islam Bernard Lewis kept warning and was ignored. He kept repeating: “ For people with this mindset, Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.) is not a constraint; it is an inducement…”. Well, we have finally reached the point when we are forced to explain what we are ready to do in order to prevent a nuclear war.

Why are Bernard Lewis's views on MAD being ignored?

At the same time we live on this beautiful planet...