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303squadron

(849 posts)
26. The Ayatollah's never sacrifice themselves
Sun May 17, 2026, 02:59 AM
8 hrs ago

Osama planned 9/11, but he wasn’t going to put his ass in the seat of a jet airliner.

I’m old enough to remember the red scare of the 50’s. The Russians were said to be fanatical atheists who would stop at nothing in using a bomb.

That’s a very effective use of “othering” to drive the military industrial complex and the congressmen who enriched themselves on those stock portfolios. Think Vietnam War. Think putting “In God We Trust” on our money. Think the red scare in Hollywood.

Interesting that the only Muslim country with nukes hasn’t gone all religious fanatical and blown up the world.

I guess the only country that doesn’t understand MAD is Iran.

The statement in this thread that Israel has 90 nukes is too low an estimate. They have enough nukes to turn major portions of Iran into fused glass.

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