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magicarpet

(18,497 posts)
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 07:21 PM 4 hrs ago

Netanyahu wants USA nuclear weapons used against Iran.

Will Bibi convince trDUMP/Kegsbreath to play along with that idea ?

India media interviews Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University to discuss this issue

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Netanyahu wants USA nuclear weapons used against Iran. (Original Post) magicarpet 4 hrs ago OP
Not happening, and Netanyahu is even crazier than Chump FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #1
When an Epstein RAT get's oin the corner bluestarone 4 hrs ago #2
Netanyahu is a monster. It shames all of us that some conflate support for Netanyahu and his hlthe2b 4 hrs ago #3
"... hard to argue we are not teetering on WWIII..." Jedi Guy 1 hr ago #16
How many allied Middle Eastern Countries have been bombed? Do you even know? hlthe2b 1 hr ago #17
You seem to take disagreement with your opinions very personally. Jedi Guy 1 hr ago #18
Bury your head in the sand... hlthe2b 1 hr ago #19
The guy in the left, Sachs, is pretty anti-Israel. Renew Deal 4 hrs ago #4
Well yah! For good reason, no? Exp 3 hrs ago #12
He can use his own nukes RainCaster 4 hrs ago #5
The US paid for their Nukes and everything else and now we're insolvent . High Five ! Netanayu , you're Putin's puppet Bread and Circuses 1 hr ago #14
Of course he does. lamp_shade 4 hrs ago #6
What happens when a malignant narcissist threatens to obliterate a nation and his threats are ignored? Doodley 4 hrs ago #7
Netanyahu is unhinged. He's about as scrambled as his name. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 4 hrs ago #8
NothingYahoo can deliver it himself dickthegrouch 4 hrs ago #9
this video is 6 days old johnnyfins 3 hrs ago #10
Way to "Liberate" the people... Justice matters. 3 hrs ago #11
If they want to go nuclear, make them use their own. But seriously, don't even let the conflict go nuclear. ChicagoTeamster 2 hrs ago #13
Trump is too much of a p to do it SunImp 1 hr ago #15
A big threat to the security of people in this country. David__77 21 min ago #20
"Hey! I got an idea! Why don't y'all kill ALL the Iranian school girls?" struggle4progress 13 min ago #21

hlthe2b

(113,916 posts)
3. Netanyahu is a monster. It shames all of us that some conflate support for Netanyahu and his
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 07:31 PM
4 hrs ago

policies--all of his policies-- to be support for Israel and its future. And conversely, a lack of support conflated to mean anti-Zionism and even antisemitism.

Israel will suffer a horrific future (and no, I'm not talking about biblical Armageddon though there are many that WANT to make that come about) if we are pulled into a nuclear conflict. I think it is hard to argue we are not teetering on WWIII with all throughout the Middle East already drawn in.

Netanyahu is a monster because his acts are intentional. Trump is a disastrous and deadly narcissist, close to total meltdown given his progressive dementia and thus an absolute target for manipulation by Netanyahu, Putin, and others. His acts may be intentional, but they are not considered, but rather under manipulative influence or impulse.

If something doesn't change soon, we are F...ked.

Jedi Guy

(3,473 posts)
16. "... hard to argue we are not teetering on WWIII..."
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 10:48 PM
1 hr ago

That assertion is just a teensy bit hyperbolic, in my opinion. I think it's pretty easy to argue that we're not teetering on the verge of WWIII.

Iran isn't comparable to any of the Axis countries in any meaningful sense. They don't have the military power of Germany, Italy, or Japan. They don't have the backing of any other nations (Hezbollah and the Houthis don't count) who are willing to rush to their aid and dive into the fray to help them. No other nation has even talked about sanctions against the US or Israel, as far as I know.

Iran is fairly friendly with Russia, China, and to a lesser extent North Korea. None of them are about to stick their necks out for the Iranians, though. Russia is bogged down in Ukraine; China doesn't give a shit about Iran and if they're going to come to blows with the US it'll be over Taiwan, not Iran; the Norks have trouble feeding their own people from one year to the next. None of the three can project force into the theater of operations anyway. At best they can supply Iran with drones and munitions but that's about the extent of it.

Apart from the aforementioned Hezbollah and Houthis, no one else in the region even likes Iran. The Sunni-Shia divide runs deep. Iran has been kind of a shitty neighbor so none of the other countries in the region want to see them realize their ambitions. They're more than content to provide indirect support and watch the US pound on Iran.

It's a regional war with wide-ranging economic effects due to the quirk of geography that is the Strait of Hormuz. That's all it is. The prelude to World War III, not so much.

hlthe2b

(113,916 posts)
17. How many allied Middle Eastern Countries have been bombed? Do you even know?
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 10:57 PM
1 hr ago

I spent much of my working life in the Middle East including those Israel is continuing to bomb and the bases we have throughout. When the oil is shut off throughout the world, as well as helium, other invaluable minerals and byproducts, including fertilizer- and a good part of the world is facing starvation, your naivete' may be tested.

That you post that I am hyperbolic in a thread where Netanyahu is trying to get the US to go nuclear... wow. No wonder we have Trump in the White House and all that is happening today. "It can't happen here," right.

Jedi Guy

(3,473 posts)
18. You seem to take disagreement with your opinions very personally.
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 11:16 PM
1 hr ago

There are other sources of oil besides the Middle East. Helium not so much, sure, but again, the rest of the world isn't lining up to jump in and help Iran. If the rest of the world gets involved at all it will be an attempt to negotiate a ceasefire, I expect. That's already happening.

Bibi can push for us to use nukes all he wants. That doesn't mean it will happen and it doesn't address any of the points I made.

Lastly, it's pretty rude to label someone as naive just because they don't immediately agree with your opinions. But I suppose that goes back to you seeming to take it very personally when someone has the temerity to disagree with you. On a discussion board, no less. What was I thinking?

hlthe2b

(113,916 posts)
19. Bury your head in the sand...
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 11:18 PM
1 hr ago

That's why Trump is in the damned WH and now empowers Netanyahu to threaten much of the ME with NUKES.

This is real world. Not your video games, Jedi Guy. INFORM YOURSELF!

RainCaster

(13,695 posts)
5. He can use his own nukes
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 07:44 PM
4 hrs ago

That cheap bastard, expecting us to pay for the nukes, deliver them and then take the blame.

FUCK YOU BIBI!

Do it yourself.

Bread and Circuses

(2,031 posts)
14. The US paid for their Nukes and everything else and now we're insolvent . High Five ! Netanayu , you're Putin's puppet
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 10:47 PM
1 hr ago

Doodley

(11,891 posts)
7. What happens when a malignant narcissist threatens to obliterate a nation and his threats are ignored?
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 07:52 PM
4 hrs ago

The narcissist can accept humiliation. Will he do that? Or will he go ahead, egged on by other lunatics, to save face?

Justice matters.

(9,777 posts)
11. Way to "Liberate" the people...
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 09:01 PM
3 hrs ago

Kill them all. That will "Liberate" them from the oppressive regime... right?

ChicagoTeamster

(945 posts)
13. If they want to go nuclear, make them use their own. But seriously, don't even let the conflict go nuclear.
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 09:36 PM
2 hrs ago

SunImp

(2,704 posts)
15. Trump is too much of a p to do it
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 10:48 PM
1 hr ago

If he actually does go on with it Democrats will be looking at landslide victories for a long time

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