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2021-12-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran’s nuclear breakout time now ‘really short’ — US official

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Posted by trailing wife 2021-12-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top
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#1 Israel has a nuclear deterrent. They have stated in the past the Samson Option: that if Israel is in danger of ceasing to exist, they will launch their nuclear weapons onto the capitals of Western Europe. So the Europeans will be motivated to fix this one for them.

Posted by Clulet Splat5443 2021-12-18 00:51|| 2021-12-18 00:51|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't doubt Israel would go all Sampson on their Persian asses. That is just Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) with a little Middle Eastern seasoning.

I'm skeptical, however, the Euros will do anything. From the Euro point of view, war takes care of two problems - Israel and Iran. As long as Euro-land can get fuel from Russia, they're golden.

Posted by SteveS 2021-12-18 01:41|| 2021-12-18 01:41|| Front Page Top

#3 that if Israel is in danger of ceasing to exist, they will launch their nuclear weapons onto the capitals of Western Europe.

Eh? Europe? When did anyone say that?

Posted by trailing wife 2021-12-18 02:08|| 2021-12-18 02:08|| Front Page Top

#4 that's a load of bullshit from our latest Herb

Posted by Frank G 2021-12-18 06:04|| 2021-12-18 06:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Seems more Hersh than Herb

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-18 06:24|| 2021-12-18 06:24|| Front Page Top

#6 "the existential angst", a sense of dread, disorientation, confusion, or anxiety in the face of an apparently meaningless or absurd world
-Wiki

Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-18 11:18|| 2021-12-18 11:18|| Front Page Top

#7 H-Bomb Hummis

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-18 11:45|| 2021-12-18 11:45|| Front Page Top

while you wait for the bomb to drop

I am more worried about a bomb of unknown source going off at ground level, say in some large city in the Middle East, not necessarily in Israel. Talk about "dread" or "confusion". The world wouldn't know whom to blame.

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-12-18 20:10|| 2021-12-18 20:10|| Front Page Top

#9 The world wouldn't know whom to blame.

See: Orange Man Bad™

Posted by Frank G 2021-12-18 21:45|| 2021-12-18 21:45|| Front Page Top