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We spend an enormous amount of time wringing our hands over Iran and nuclear weapons. And we should. A regime built on theological absolutism, martyrdom culture, and historical grievance has no business holding instruments that require restraint, continuity, and moral sobriety. But here’s the part no one wants to say out loud: the danger isn’t only out there anymore. It’s evolving inside Europe. Nuclear weapons don’t remain safe simply because they’re locked in silos. They remain safe because the cultures that possess them share a deeply ingrained ethic: deterrence, restraint, and an almost moral horror at civilian annihilation. That ethic is not automatic. It is learned. It is civilizational. And it is not universal. Now look at Europe. Look honestly. Countries like the United Kingdom possess nuclear weapons under the assumption that the political culture guiding them will remain broadly Western: secular law, pluralism, institutional continuity, and an ingrained revulsion toward mass death. That assumption is being stress-tested by demographic and ideological change that no serious observer can pretend is not happening. This isn’t about skin color. Spare me the lazy accusations. It’s about ideology. Political Islam, particularly movements aligned with organizations such as the Muslim Brotherhood, is not merely a private religious expression. It is a governing philosophy. One that subordinates civil law to religious doctrine, treats compromise as weakness, and frames history as a struggle that ends in submission rather than coexistence. The world understands this instinctively when it comes to Tehran. We just lose our nerve when the same ideology advances through ballots, courts, and demographics instead of tanks. Here’s the uncomfortable reality: nuclear deterrence only works when leaders value survival over destiny. Stability over revelation. Life over martyrdom. Those are Western assumptions, not universal truths. At some point in this century, nuclear weapons will fall under the influence, if not the control, of governments shaped by Islamist political ideology. That threshold does not require coups or flags on buildings. It arrives quietly through population math, political capture, and cultural intimidation. And when it does, deterrence theory changes. Permanently. You can call this fear. I call it pattern recognition. Nuclear physics does not care about political correctness. And ideology does not become safe simply because it arrives politely. If this makes you uncomfortable, good. It should.