• OutForARip@lemmy.ca
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    24 hours ago

    I doubt they can beat the US, but I hope Iran wins.

    Terrorists like Israel need to be eliminated.

    • btaf45@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      The only way that “Iran” can win is if/when the people overthrow the Supreme Dictator

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      23 hours ago

      I’d rather prefer both sides losing.

      And then a proper democratic revolution on both sides again.

    • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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      23 hours ago

      Do you really want Iran to have nukes though?

      Just because Israel are horrible, doesn’t automatically make the people they’re fighting the good guys.

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        14 hours ago

        Honestly no but if I lived in a country or bloc without nukes myself I’d want my government to get them because its the only way to not get randomly regime changed whenever the US, UK or Russia feels like it. Totally understandable why they would want them.

      • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml
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        11 hours ago

        Funny how liberals never say this about Ukraine and Russia. It’s only when non-whites fight back that they start bloviating about “both sides bad”

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          It’s only when non-whites fight back that they start bloviating about “both sides bad”

          To be thinking that Iranians aren’t good enough to deserve human rights and democracy because they aren’t western/white sounds racist.

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          10 hours ago

          Funny how tankies always think “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”. They have no capacity for nuance.

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          10 hours ago

          “non-whites fight back” is an interesting way to describe the fucked up, nuke happy, Ayatollah regime that’s plaguing Iran.

          • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml
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            8 hours ago

            Don’t worry, I understand that - while it may seems to be an analogous situation on the surface - Ukraine a White country and Iran is not, and to Western liberals, that makes all the difference in the world.

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              Ukraine a White country and Iran is not

              And yet Iran is literally where the “Aryians” originated who were idolized by Hitler.

              , and to Western liberals, that makes all the difference in the world.

              Here is the actual thing that makes all the difference in the world. It would be racist to think that Iranians don’t deserve human rights and freedom, which implies they aren’t as good as people in the west.

              Russia, Iran - dictatorships.

              Ukraine - democracy

              Israel - democracy (but moving away)

        • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldOP
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          21 hours ago

          Iran has multiple enrichment sites, with a reported 83.7% pure U-235. Such purity is only needed for one thing, and it isn’t nuclear power plants which typically only need 3%-5% U-235.

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            18 hours ago

            Haleu fuel is pretty common that’s enriched up to about 20%. Highly enriched fuel is still used for nuclear power on aircraft carriers that use 93% enriched U235.

            Iran is definitely just trying to make weapons but wanted to at least give some examples of higher enriched fuels

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              Being that we know Iran sells weapons to Russia, I wonder where it would be cheaper to produce weapons. Would it be cheaper for Russia to pay to have certain things created elsewhere or in Russia. We know a lot of Russia’s weapons in the past were built in what now is Ukraine. Examples would be their Aircraft Carriers, destroyers, etc. Hell one of their main Aircraft Carriers was named Kiev

        • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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          21 hours ago

          Every credible comment I’ve read says they’re in the process of developing them, the only group who says otherwise is Iran themselves.

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            18 hours ago

            They havent been in the process of developing them. They have been enriching Uranium to the level needed for developing a nuclear weapon.

            Iran has always been “close” to develop nuclear weapons over the past years, to ensure that it can do so to defend itself in the case of an attack. Now with Israels unprecedented attack, it is more likely that Iran sees the need to actually develop a nuke to protect its existence.

            Israel knows this and keeps pushing to quickly get the US involved beyond a point of no return and fight the war against Iran for them.

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              14 hours ago

              They have been enriching Uranium to the level needed for developing a nuclear weapon.

              Isn’t that part of the process though?

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                It is a prerequirement.

                If you produce thick steel sheets, that is a requirement to build tanks, but it doesnt mean you are building tanks.

                Now if you start welding those sheets together in a tank shape, while making all the other stuff that you find in a tank, now you are building a tank.

                So if Iran starts building specific parts for nukes and processing the enriched Uranium in a way that is suitable for making a warhead, that would be building a nuke.

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                  So if Iran starts building specific parts for nukes and processing the enriched Uranium in a way that is suitable for making a warhead, that would be building a nuke.

                  Which is precisely what they’re doing, unless you actually believe they want that level of enrichment for a power plant.

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                    No matter how many tires you are stockpiling, you aren’t manufacturing a car, unless you actually manufacture a car.

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              14 hours ago

              Israels attack follows a report from the IEAE stating that Iran has likely started the race to a bomb. They (Iran) have also recently expelled UN oversight from their enrichment sites.

              I’m not defending Israel but what does that look like to you? Sure seems like for some people their hatred for Israel is clouding their objective judgement.

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                11 hours ago

                Israels attack follows a report from the IEAE

                And that report follows a document leak showing the IEAE actively passing on confidential reports from Iran directly to Israel.

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          From all available intelligence, no. They clearly have a nuclear weapons program (which are insanely huge to begin with) but there has never been a measured test, and no evidence of enriched uranium at a high enough purity to be weaponized.

          It’s insanely hard work to created weaponized enriched uranium. With the sanctions Iran has had for decades it would be next to impossible for them to get all the stuff they need to create it on their own.

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        Hasn’t Iran a religious edict stating they cannot build or use nukes? We could be in a iraki WMD phase again (expecting Powell’s jar to appear any moment now).

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        18 hours ago

        Most definitely. I want every country on Earth to have their own nuclear weapons. It’s the ultimate deterrent.

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      23 hours ago

      given how the US lost so many recent wars, I wouldn’t consider the US a military power.

      they are great at funneling taxpayer money to shareholders pockets. but they can’t win against the protest people in the world.

      they invade, try to set up a puppet state, then leave with the tail between their legs.

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        You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.

        Ironically, many have tried (so now we know the result. And the proverb)…

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        This. People don’t like it when I say the US is a Paper Tiger. uS power doesn’t come from its military strength but from its economic strength.

        If pushed hard, it would crumble. The only reason the US has military bases all over is to scare those countries into submission to exploit their workforce. Yet, all those bases are fucking expensive to just maintain. If those countries resisted, then the US loses its economic strength gained from their exploitation, and its military crumbles when it cannot afford to satisfy both it’s military contracts and maintain its presence abroad.

        Not to mention the internal turmoil when the citizens experience the affects on society when the oligarchy can’t subsidize the consumerist lifestyle anymore. Thought that’s happening already thanks to the imperial boomerang.