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Arazi

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14. If Iran gets a nuke and I see no reason why they won't, KSA will 100% follow

Reply to AZProgressive (Reply #13)

Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:35 AM

Jun 15

And I presume Traitor would give it to them.

I mean that’s the lesson everyone’s learned now right?

To have territorial security you have to have a nuke.

As Ukraine has learned, giving up your nukes in return for a security guarantee (from the US no less), means nothing. You have to have the actual matériel to have real teeth.

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What comes after the Israel/Iran war ends? [View all] Arazi Jun 14 OP

It never ends. Thousands of years of tribal grudges based on Abrahamic travelingthrulife Jun 14 #1

Gonna be interesting if Israel runs out of defense bombs before Iran runs out of guided missiles Arazi Jun 14 #2

Short of some enforced secular government the Shia v Sunni v Jewish belligerence will remain. dutch777 Jun 14 #3

Yes, this is the Forever War. thought crime Jun 14 #8

End??? LOL! NewHendoLib Jun 14 #4

re: Iran TnDem Jun 14 #5

Yup Arazi Jun 14 #6

Even assuming Iran becomes a democracy, karynnj Jun 14 #7

Thoughtful response Arazi Jun 14 #9

Like you, I don't know enough karynnj Jun 14 #11

Clouds of dust; crows and vultures; graves; low-level radioactive releases from bombed nuclear sites . . . . hatrack Jun 14 #10

Iran Int'l (an expat paper in London) reporting Iran's leadership has contingency plans to bolt Arazi Jun 15 #12

Iran had a functioning Democracy AZProgressive Jun 15 #13

If Iran gets a nuke and I see no reason why they won't, KSA will 100% follow Arazi Jun 15 #14

Well, could the Israelis start by throwing Bibi out? Aristus Jun 15 #15