What does not exist cannot be destroyed.
What does exist and scares people is mineral deposits, third largest source of oil, and large Uranium deposits. Electric power is very exportable.
As no one in the region has Atomic Power, They get their electric from burning gas and oil, little coal in the area. When that becomes expensive, electric power is power.
The reactors are the latest of Russian designed and built. The first is up and running, with plans for fifty more. That is more than France.
Regional markets are large, Turky, Egypt, Pakistan, India, Syria, Iraq has constant blackouts, Afganistan, and from there China. Russia can be paid in power.
Iran's part is mining and producing fuel rods. They not only have that technology working, they are building huge. The only other players are India, Russia, China, and linking the grids, electric power can be wheeled at the speed of light.
Electric power is the end goal of coal, oil, and soon transport. Cars, but also high speed trains.
Iran is spending it's oil income on the future of power.
The second reason is, western powers want to run a pipeline through Afganistan, Pakistan, to load the oil from Central Asia, The Stans, on ships, where Russia and Iran would also like a pipeline, that connects to China.
China gets its oil by sea, very easy to shut down. A pipe and power line over land is more dependable.
There is a trillion dollar mineral deposit in Afganistan. The Chinese got the mining concession. It is a lot of Copper, but also Lithium, Rare Earths, and must be transported back to China for processing.
A rail line north is shortest.
After ten years in Afganistan, our Officers are not safe in highly secure buildings in Kabul. The Taliban does not attack the Chinese interests, but they do blow up Pakistan.
So the Americans are leaving, the government is a drug dealing Pakistan puppet, that will not last a week. Pakistan could fall, and they do have the bomb.
Iraq has a Iran favoring government, The Saudi favoring faction is in hiding. Same faction who produced Saddam, made war on Iran. He was an evil dictator, he oppressed his people, so America killed 100,000 so they are no longer oppressed.
America lost, and the hangover is owing China $2 Trillion. If we were a billion, we would owe China $2,000 each, so $6,000, but only half work, illegals will not pay, so we each owe China about $15,000.
That is more than our Net Worth per person.
So there is nothing left but having Israel start World War III, for God.
Other than that we would have to raise taxes, reduce war spending, and God does not allow such things.
A Billion Islamic, another of Hindus, another of Chinese, must see their error, and convert to The One True Faith.
Better you were all dead than Congress and the rest of government having to take a 50% pay cut, and live on the same Social Security and Medicare as the rest of us.
Jesus said, "Unto Caesar what is Caesar's, unto God what is God's," Caesar wants the material world, God wants your soul, so die.
If we make it to the Fall, Vote, like you were on the Jury.
There must be 1,000 sane people left. Elect them.