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SamuelTheThird

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19. This could lead to worldwide nuclear war
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 01:43 PM
Yesterday

Israel or US nukes Iran. Putin nukes Ukraine. France nukes Russia...there you go.

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This seems like a really stupid idea. Ocelot II Yesterday #1
It is a really stupid idea sarisataka Yesterday #13
What could possibly go wrong? tanyev Yesterday #2
Answer: Everything! flashman13 Yesterday #3
So the braintrust is assuming Iran won't fire on it because the oil/storage? underpants Yesterday #4
Depends how stupid Iran is EX500rider Yesterday #5
Wouldn't Iran lose those facilities anyway? EYESORE 9001 Yesterday #8
Big difference between temporarily occupied and destroyed EX500rider Yesterday #11
Define 'temporary' EYESORE 9001 Yesterday #14
For them, it might as well be destroyed if it is occupied any real length of time SamuelTheThird Yesterday #18
Well the facilities require oil to be pumped from the wells to there.. EX500rider Yesterday #22
The Dutch destroyed their refineries rather than have them used by Japan in WWII. PufPuf23 Yesterday #39
If the facility is occupied .... reACTIONary Yesterday #12
No one else can use it with out Iran continuing to pump oil there from the well heads. EX500rider Yesterday #23
Iran is prepared to take everyone in the Gulf Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #17
This could lead to worldwide nuclear war SamuelTheThird Yesterday #19
This is the path Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #20
"Iran is prepared to take everyone in the Gulf.." Even more reason they can't be trusted with nukes IMO EX500rider Yesterday #24
They don't have any nukes Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #27
So they ruined their economy with sanctions & have thousands of centrifuges under a mountain.. EX500rider Yesterday #30
Something Israel claims Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #36
They don't have nukes & working on getting them are 2 different things. EX500rider Yesterday #31
Again, the claim is they have been working on them for 47 years Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #34
And again why do they have centrifuges under a mountain enriching uranium to nuclear bomb percentages? EX500rider Yesterday #35
Again, proof other than Israeli Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #37
That's the UN saying that not Trump or Israel EX500rider Yesterday #38
Iran cannot win the war by strength and may end up a larger version of Gaza and a failed state. PufPuf23 Yesterday #40
"Israel cannot be trusted with nuclear weapons." The facts would indicate otherwise IMO EX500rider Yesterday #41
I don't trust Israel with nukes much more than I trust Iran--- BUT Jack Valentino 21 hrs ago #43
Because Iran "holds all of the good cards" Trump can't just declare victory and walk out. flashman13 Yesterday #6
Do trump and Kegbreath ever consult any actual military experts? Bayard Yesterday #7
Trump wants a blood sacrifice. Baitball Blogger Yesterday #9
they should have considered it before now. maxsolomon Yesterday #10
Why won't Iran want to damage the petro Farmer-Rick Yesterday #26
because they are self-interested. maxsolomon Yesterday #29
The Iranian army has the whole fucking island zeroed for motherfucking artillery missions. SoFlaBro Yesterday #15
Be out of range for most their artillery @ 25 miles+ unless they line it up exposed on the beach EX500rider Yesterday #25
Why would they stop attacking the rest of the ME? Red Mountain Yesterday #32
Well the issue for them is that's where 90% of the oil leaves from EX500rider Yesterday #33
Let's see: Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #16
Its way west of the strait IbogaProject Yesterday #21
Been obvious for a while now OC375 Yesterday #28
US speeds up deployment of thousands more Marines, sailors to Middle East Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 23 hrs ago #42
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