How about nobody gets one?
That’s the point of Non-Proliferation Treaty, it’s to prevent another race for Weapon of Mass Destruction. If anything Iran should stop getting one.
And the entire idea of nuclear non-proliferation is dead in the water for the foreseeable future, as a direct result of the full and complete abrogation of the Budapest Memorandum by all signatories except for the country that was the subject of the agreement (Ukraine). They surrendered their nukes in exchange for (what the Ukrainians thought were) ironclad agreements from all sides that their territorial integrity would be backstopped by three nuclear powers.
That didn’t pan out as expected for Ukraine. In 2014, the global response (and more importantly, the response from the signatories who weren’t executing a semi-stealthy invasion in Ukraine) did pretty much nothing, and that lack of robust response led directly to the more active phase of the Ukrainian War from February 24, 2022 onwards.
As an immediate result of the signatories (and the rest of the world) doing almost nothing back in
20242014 - and furthermore, unless the signatories, and all of Ukraine’s allies in general, stop pussy-footing around and actually provide a level of military aid that makes an actual long-term strategic difference - NOBODY is going to take the “give us your nukes and we’ll protect you” deal ever again. It’s been proven to be complete and utter bullshit. Moreover, if Ukraine still had nukes, Russia would never have chanced a nuclear response by invading them.All the Budapest Memorandum, the failure to enforce its structures, and the Ukraine invasion and war have accomplished at this point is to prove that nuclear weapons are, in fact, the final word in territorial integrity and national security. An adversary will NOT invade you if one of the possible responses is “we will turn your cities to glass”.
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There’s no allegedly about it. America and Russian individually have more nukes than the rest of the world combined.
Yanks are the ones pushing it since the starts but ooooh noooo let’s make the ruski’s the global bad guys again
let’s make the ruski’s the global bad guys again
No need, they easily managed that themselves.
I read that in Ewan McGregor’s voice.
Hello there.
Isnt Russia attacking an innocent country right now?
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Sure, go ahead
How many deaths is America responisble for? (:
A lot. What’s your point?
The crown Prince of Saudi should get a nuke up his ass.
Jokes on you, he likes it
MBS = Mr Bomb Squeezer
Male Butt Stuff.
He’s too busy blowing cocaine up it to fit the nuke, meanwhile his people would be mutilated or killed for doing drugs or drinking alcohol which the entire royal family is also doing.
Nuclear winter fell way back in the pack, but it’s catching up to Climate Change, AI, and biological weapons as humanity’s self inflicted doom.
Damn, I was rooting for Skynet.
i mean, if we suffer a nuclear winter… it would probably solve the AI problem… the (current) climate change problem, and, uh, a lot of the other problems as we no longer care about shit like having TP on the shelves or what color the new car is gonna be.
Sounds a lot like the cure for crying.
I almost wish for a nuclear winter. On account of patrolling the Mojave so much…
And if Iran and Saudi Arabia get nukes, then Turkey will get nukes. And if Turkey gets nukes, then unless there is an EU army, Greece will want to get nukes.
We will all go together when we go
What a comforting thought that is to know.
EDIT: “Who’s next” is more accurate though.
Until then, I’ll be poisoning pigeons in the park
One nuke is useless if everyone knows you only have one
Not completely. Especially in the case of middle eastern countries, a capital strike would ensure the dissolution of the state.
Turkey doesn’t need nukes because it’s part of the strongest defensive alliance in the history of mankind. That’s enough deterrent for anyone who isn’t in that alliance.
NATO’s is not going to be part of Turkey’s geopolitical schemes. Nukes are needed in order to be on an even footing with the other regional powers(which will also have nukes). Even if Saudi Arabia/Iran never intend to nuke Turkey, they will be at an advantage.
Hard power translates to soft power. And if your regional opponents have nukes and you dont have nukes, you will be at a significant soft power disadvantage.
Btw Turkey is building its first nuclear power plant, with help from Russia. Saudi Arabia also intends to build nuclear power plants soon. Thats the first step to creating a nuclear weapon.
Neither of those countries should have nukes. Crazy enough to use them. Of course, I also think no country should have nukes.
There’s always a bigger stick, right?
Neither of them should get one.
It’s just assured destruction now Woooo
I wouldn’t be against the Saudi royal family getting a nuke, if you know what I mean
“Dear KSA, as a gift we are sending a nuke…”
“Oh that’s nice, how very kind!”
“It will arrive in approximately 10 minutes by air…”
“Wow by airmail too!”
“…At mach 4”
“wait…”
Nukes are like icecream then.
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Not even detonated. They just get strapped to a table and their skull slowly crushed by the body of the nuke.
I’m sure having a monopoly on world-ending power isn’t something that could be abused
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Lets keep it to NATO rather. A lot safer that way.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that if Iran acquired a nuclear weapon, his country would seek to do the same.
“If they get one, we have to get one,” bin Salman said in an interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier, adding that it would be necessary “for security reasons, and for balancing power in the Middle East, but we don’t want to see that.”
The Crown Prince warned of the dangers of nuclear weapons and said, “We are concerned of any country getting a nuclear weapon,” when asked about Iran in particular.
He suggested trying to get nuclear weapons in general is a fruitless endeavor, since deploying them is equivalent to declaring war on the world.
On Tuesday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that the United States must “demonstrate in a verifiable fashion” that it intends to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, from which former President Trump withdrew in 2018.
The Biden administration was in talks with Iran to restart the agreement last year, but discussions fell through and the United States has not indicated an interest in reengaging in discussions.
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Is this crown prince bone saw?
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?
History’s rhyming again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdtAFIl2jhc&t=20
Makes sense if you think about it. Most sensible countries ultimately want to return to the 2015 deals and progress from there.
