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  • @[email protected]
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    213 months ago

    Iran has WMDs and so does Israel. As much as Iran loves to talk about destroying Israel [and vice versa] both sides are aware that they aren’t going to survive a full on war. Look at the Cuban Missile Crisis. Russia felt they had to put weapons in Cuba, even though they knew that if they were found the US would take action. Back in the day they called it ‘Brinksmanship,’ a variation of ‘statesmanship.’ A ‘brinksman’ was a leader/diplomat who could bring his country to the edge of war without going over the edge.

    You can trust Harris or Biden to have some cooler heads in the War Room. Trump listens to no one and acts like a child.

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      I don’t think that’s the game being played now, the new meta is forcing your enemy to be so busy tearing themselves apart that you are free to act anywhere in the world.

      If Russia wins in Ukraine, then the Sino-Russian axis can start taking a more active stance in the middle-east, and Israel has to deal with Iran without a blank cheque from the US, and even Saudi Arabia has to make compromises.

      It’s in all their interests that the US fall to utter chaos, and Trump is the Lord of Chaos incarnate.

      The argument against that is that Iran actually had a chance under Obama to rejoin parts of the global order, and was open to that.

      I think one mistake we all make in geopolitics is to see countries as monolithic, I suspect Iran has political factions that want to bury the hatchet, and factions violently opposed to the same, much like every country has different opinions among themselves.

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      -53 months ago

      Are these iranian WMD’s in the room with us? Cos if so, it’s time to “Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran”. Is it really that time of day again?

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        33 months ago

        Funny. Israel has never admitted to having nukes but you have no problem believing that they do.

        All I know is, if I were the Iranian PM and I knew that my enemies had WMDs I would be building them.

        I mean, Ukraine had nukes and gave them away and look how well that turned out for them

        • sepi
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          13 months ago

          What do you know about what I believe?

          • @[email protected]
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            13 months ago

            Are these iranian WMD’s in the room with us?

            You’re the one who specifically mentioned Iran and ignored Israel.

            • sepi
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              13 months ago

              I didn’t say anything about Israel. That does not communicate anything about what I think regarding the country. You don’t know what I think - you’re making assumptions. When you assume you make an ass out of u.

                • sepi
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                  23 months ago

                  You ignore the fact that you don’t know what I ignore or not. You are having an argument with what you think I think, instead of what I have said here. In some circles that’s called “making shit up”, “being crazy”, etc. I can see you and know you are nuts.