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indusurb

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19. We have gone through this same song and dance when a country we don't like gets a nuke
Sat May 16, 2026, 08:01 PM
Saturday

"OMG they're going to blow up the world!" Russia, China, Pakistan, North Korea. The fact of the matter is that a nuclear bomb is, in many ways, the most useless weapon in the world, because all or these "bad guys" know that if they drop the bomb anywhere, be it on the US, Isreal, wherever, that somebody is going to drop a shit ton of nukes on them. MAD, mutually assured destruction. Even the craziest of world leaders knows this. The only thing a bomb is good for is to deter another country from dropping the bomb on them.

Fact of the matter is the US is still the only country to drop the big ones in war, and we were only able to do so because nobody else had one. After Russia got the bomb, and MAD was established, not another bomb was dropped. Meanwhile they sit in their silos, eating up billions in maintenence costs, never to be fired.

I'm not terribly worried about Iran getting a bomb because like North Korea, they're not going to use it. They have a healthy sense of self preservation.

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Reminds me of W Bush defenders. Midnight Writer Saturday #1
Saddam was a terrible man but he was also a sworn enemy of Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda gave rise to ISIS. Bush skipped the... OGBuzz Saturday #4
Another Point On That ProfessorGAC Saturday #6
For the same reasons I don't believe that Iran has any interest in attacking the U.S., or Europe, or..... OGBuzz Saturday #11
As To Russia... ProfessorGAC Saturday #12
Their conventional military weakness is on full display in Ukraine. OGBuzz Saturday #14
Worry Is Reasonable ProfessorGAC Saturday #17
Iran has freely admitted that they are enriching uranium well beyond Melon Saturday #2
It will be Donald or Bibi who will set off the nukes. OGBuzz Saturday #5
Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear agreement. Emile Saturday #10
Trump is shit. Iran should not posses nuclear weapons. Melon Saturday #15
London! Riyadh!! Then what happens? dpibel Saturday #18
They simply did not and were not enriching it to 90%. Eko Yesterday #22
So your stance is that the enrichment to 60% is for what exactly? To scare other nations that Melon Yesterday #23
Jeeze. Eko Yesterday #25
I think Iran would use a nuclear weapon for defensive purposes like other countries that have nuclear weapons AZProgressive Yesterday #31
YES Skittles Saturday #3
And you know he's been thinking about it.... OGBuzz Saturday #8
Get the minuteman missile out of your eye before you pluck the drone out of their eye Whip-poor-will Saturday #7
If Iran had a nuke, none of this would be happening. BlueTsunami2018 Saturday #9
"Little Rocket Man" over in North Korea agrees 100%. It's all about deterrence. OGBuzz Saturday #13
It's a kind of Faustian Bargain Disaffected Saturday #16
We have gone through this same song and dance when a country we don't like gets a nuke indusurb Saturday #19
100% OGBuzz Saturday #20
It amazes me dpibel Saturday #21
Several Iranian backed terrorist groups have used suicide bombings as a primary tactical tool Melon Yesterday #24
The Ayatollah's never sacrifice themselves 303squadron Yesterday #26
Just google "settler attacks" to find the equivalent. Eko Yesterday #28
It is one thing to use suicide bombers, an entirely different thing to commit to killing your entire country. indusurb Yesterday #29
It's literally doing it right now Melon 14 hrs ago #34
Not advocating at all. I'm just not convinced that Iran was 2 weeks away from turning earth into a nuclear wasteland. OGBuzz 14 hrs ago #33
Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear agreement. Emile Yesterday #27
If crazy people with nukes would instantly use them D_Master81 Yesterday #30
It turns out the Strait was more important Johonny Yesterday #32
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