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> They can’t credibly dismantle their nuclear deterrent Mainly because they don’t have one and never had one. Hard to dismantle something you don’t have. Even
by krisoft 1y ago
> They can’t credibly dismantle their nuclear deterrent
Mainly because they don’t have one and never had one. Hard to dismantle something you don’t have. Even harder to do so credibly.
They had programs to obtain a nuclear deterrent. They can dismantle those programs. But they never had the actual nuclear deterrent itself.
- JumpCrisscross 1y agoSure, I mean that Khamenei can’t come out and say he’s shutting down enrichment, letting in the IAEA, actually do it and expect to stay in charge.
- lenerdenator 1y agoThey’re sure refining a lot of material for a country that doesn’t have any plans for putting any of it in a nuclear or radiological weapon.
- krisoft 1y agoThat's the program you are talking about, not the deterrent. You are mixing up "working on opening a bakery" with "having bread". They are related, but not the same.