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0 pointsStevvo9mo ago0 comments

There is another way out that may be more likely than negotiations; Iran will now obtain a nuclear weapon. Iran has had the capability to build one for as long as Netanyahu has been singing about it(20+ years). Now they have the motivation also.

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bamboozled9mo ago

If they had the capability , why was this a bad move and how does taking out their bomb making facilities more likely they can now just produce a bomb ?

HEmanZ9mo ago

The main reason to want a bomb is to stop people from interfering with/attacking you.

It has now become even more obvious to them that the most powerful country on earth is willing to attack them in order to control them and their region. Their calculus just went from “probably screwed if we don’t have nukes” to “definitely screwed if we don’t have nukes”. They’ll find a way now, they can always dig deeper.

jraby39mo ago

They have repeatedly threatened Israel and the US. Nothing good (for western democracies) comes from Iran getting a bomb.

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luckylion9mo ago

"They only want the bomb to stop others from stopping them getting the bomb."

> Their calculus just went from “probably screwed if we don’t have nukes” to “definitely screwed if we don’t have nukes”.

Or, option 3: totally fine if we don't try to get nukes.

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