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Well, I think I can explain the reasoning, even though I don't agree with it.
See, there's this new notion called "Asymmetrical Warfare". Basically, the idea is that dirty brown people in huts have less to lose than us, with our big houses we can't pay for and our $3.50 gasoline. So one nuke dropped in New York City hurts us more than a dozen nukes carpeting their entire country. So there's nothing stopping them from nuking New York City.
Booga-booga Asymetrical Warfare, be scared, be scared! Only a Republican can save you from this (fictional) boogie man!
It's a fundamentally racist idea that teeters on the shaky foundation that because we value our lives more than we value theirs, therefore our lives are more valuable objectively than theirs, and they are therefore unsusceptible to notions like Mutually Assured Destruction (another insane doctrine, but there you have it).
It's a moot point--Iran has no nukes, has had no nuke program since 2003, and couldn't possibly develop nukes before 2015, even if they were interested in doing so and if they started today.
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