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0 pointsrogerrogerr5d ago0 comments

This seems clearly not very true; Iran didn’t seem very at the mercy of the US this year. There is a ton of resistance to actually using nuclear weapons, seemingly making them practically irrelevant.

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matheusmoreira5d ago· 1 in thread

Venezuela was. North Korea doesn't seem to be. Nukes are one of the differences between the two nations.

Iran was literally attacked and bombed. Seriously doubt that would have happened if they had nukes.

Tade05d ago

North Korea has China, Venezuela has no one.

Meanwhile the other day Moscow was struck by a significant number of drones and most likely it's not the last of such strikes.

Either Russia doesn't actually have nuclear weapons or they don't mean much in the grand scheme of things.

slow_typist5d ago

Also, for a single Country getting the capabilities might be a plus but if some 100+ countries have nuclear weapons, all countries are in a worse position than today. This is a sub zero sum game.

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