"Or could it have been their development AS A DETERRANT that kept us from HAVING a nuclear war????????"

So does that mean that Iran won't use them if developed? Why would you worry in that case? Or are they so different & are we beyond them? If they are such a detterrant, then everyone ought to own a couple. A few for the West Bank a couple for the East Side of Brooklyn, South LA, Bora Bora?

We Nuked Japan & didn't need to (IMHO). What happens when some idiot thinks we need to?

Dickey, I'd say that the Iranian assesment was closest to what I saw. My guess was 25,000 to 30,000 could've been more, I'm not an expert on estimating crowd numbers. The amount of counter protesters were, I'm sure no more that two hundred, smaller I'd think with far less tha 50 on the other side of the bridge & hardly any on the bridge except for the one I saw being arrested. It's also close that very few remainded till the 5:00 pm ending. We arrived at the Pentagon at probably 2:00 so the 3 hr standing in the cold was a little tough on most. I'd also say that most weren't dressed for the temps. It started out nice, at 11:00 am I was tempted to leave my heavy coat on the bus. I could see line of marchers had extended from the Lincoln Memmorial over the bridge & to the Pentagon parking lot, probably 2 1/2 miles in length.

Barry