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And if Iran drops or threatens just a single nuke, I doubt there will be left any arguments.
by deepsun 5mo ago
And if Iran drops or threatens just a single nuke, I doubt there will be left any arguments.
- pen1slicker 5mo ago[dead]
- mgfist 5mo agoThey don't have nukes or would've already done that.
- lossolo 5mo agoNo, they wouldn't, and they don't have it because they have chosen not to. There is something called an escalation ladder: you do not threaten to leave or kill your partner just because she spilled milk on your floor. That is the same reason Russia did not use nukes, and why other nuclear armed countries involved in conflicts have also avoided using them. The same logic applies here. Another example is that the US could bomb the Kharg island containing Iran's oil infrastructure, but that would be a major escalation. Iran would then have no reason to show restraint and could bomb the oil infrastructure of the Gulf states, creating a worldwide crisis.
- dh2022 5mo agoUS stopped bombing Iranian oil infrastructure when Iran responded by taking out a chunk of Qatar LNG infrastructure for a few years [0]. This example shows the escalation ladder and also proves that Iran does not need nukes for this conflict (so far at least....) [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/19/iran-attack-qatar-lng-capacity.html?msockid=0d2da3cc72c06c5610d8b4f073e66d7c https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/19/iran-attack-qatar-lng-capaci...
- KabukiOrigin 5mo agoBecause Iran's gas fields were bombed the day before, FYI. https://apnews.com/article/iran-iraq-us-israel-trump-march-18-2026-d7ca062ba1bf99d1f8dc00c8073cf10f https://apnews.com/article/iran-iraq-us-israel-trump-march-1...
- lorecore 5mo agoThere are far more dangerous countries with nuclear weapons than Iran (such as Israel). If Iran had nukes, we'd all be safer as Israel/US would be faced with MAD and would be unable to use nuclear weapons against Iran.