As A Leader What Would You Do?

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Wenin said:Now if you're Iran, would you really only use ONE nuke?

So really it's Y nukes at Israel.

Y + X = A lot of nukes

I agree here...

ASSUMING that Pakistan isn't going to sit idly by.

W nukes at India
Z nukes at Pakistan

...but this almost seems like a non-sequitur. I can't think of any reason at all that Iran vs. Israel would cause Pakistan to hit India.

Then we have 3 NUKES at the US from North Korea

Only if Israel doesn't have enough nukes to glass Iran, we decide to finish the job, and N. Korea decides it's coming next anyway.

US Nukes North Kora
US Nukes China for safe measure

This would be suicidal; why would we nuke such a large trade partner?

I personally don't believe we would attack China even it it forcibly retook Taiwan.

The ONLY way MAD works is if EVERYONE at the table knows that EVERYONE dies..... AND THEY ALL HAVE TO CARE.

Does Iran care? Will they always care?

The general fear that Iran doesn't care is what's spawning this debate.

I find it ironic that this thread came up on the very same day that I, for the first time, encountered a solo game situation where sun-busters look like my best option.