• remon@ani.social
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      3 days ago

      I doubt Russia or China would start a nuclear exchange with the US over Iran.

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        That’s fair of you to think that. I think, however, that russia has been waiting for an excuse to use their nuclear devices.

        China not so much. They are too fond of the economy and prefer to just supply both sides with components.

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          That’s fair of you to think that. I think, however, that russia has been waiting for an excuse to use their nuclear devices.

          Indeed, but they wouldn’t attack the US, they would use the US usage of nuclear weapons in Iran as an excuse to use them in Ukraine.

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            Russia wants ukraine to assimilate. Not get nuked. There’s a lot to unpack but read up on germany’s promise before the ukraine war and it starts to make more sense. Its complicated af though but I’m almost certain they want Ukraine for its people as per a plan that germany nopped out of late on purpose.

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            3 days ago

            I agree russia wouls be smart enough not to directly attack u.s.a. territory, but they might send a nuke to a base or two. I.d k. Nukes are a bad idea at any rate…

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              Russia would never be so foolish. Why would they need to. The US is imploding without Russian help

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                You think it’s without russian help? I suspect russia has a great deal to do with the current state of affairs.

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                  Oh they certainly helped sow division and have used online tactics to get the US to where it is today but I’m meaning that they don’t really need to use bombs to achieve their objective

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          Putin isn’t suicidal. We still have mutually assured destruction.

          The most likely scenario if we did nuke Iran imo, is Iran launches everything it has at Israel. I wouldn’t be surprised if other nations like Egypt follow suit.

          The diplomatic consequences for the US would be huge of course. I’d suspect the only nation in the middle east that would maintain relations would be Saudi Arabia. Israel would likely no longer exist

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            Israel would probably fire nukes back at Iran and other countries.

            But hey, if they end up nuking everything and making it uninhabitable, we might finally have peace in the middle east!

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      I hope they at least target the parts of the population responsible for our descent into fascism. That would actually improve life for the normal people and give us an edge if we ever decide to finish Sherman’s work.