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WHO officials admit they are preparing for possible nuclear weapon use in Iran
(www.the-independent.com)
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2026
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Iran at this point is likely going to be forced to make a sprint for the bomb. What else are they supposed to do, just accept that Israel will periodically bomb them every few months and kill thousands of people each time? The only path Iran has to security is nukes.
At the same time, it seems now that Israel and the US really don't have a way of preventing Iran from getting the bomb. The US, let alone Israel, doesn't even have a military large enough to occupy Iran. And any attempted occupation of Iran would be Iraq times ten. Wave after wave of suicide bombers and IEDs.
Israel and the the US have put Iran in the position where it really needs to push for nukes. At the same time, Israel and the US really don't have any good way to prevent Iran from finishing their weapons program. They already have highly enriched uranium, and it's a giant country with countless places to hide centrifuges and bomb-making equipment. The US and Israel are really good at hacking communications and locating potential targets, but I imagine the Iranian regime is quickly moving entirely to analog methods of communication. Literally bringing out the typewriters. I really don't see how the US and Israel can really stop the Iranians from getting the bomb.
No way...except one. If Iran really wants to push for nukes, the only way to really stop them would be to use nukes against them. You might not be able to find a bomb program divided and scattered in a hundred locations across Tehran, but that doesn't matter if you simply make Tehran cease existing in its entirety.
That's what has me so worried about this. The US and Israel are simultaneously forcing Iran to rush for the bomb, while at the same time, the US and Israel have no real conventional method to prevent the Iranians from finishing their nukes.
I can think of an effective way to keep iran from getting nuclear weapons. Agree to and honor a treaty.
What do you mean we tried that and it was working until dipshit donny interfered
Trump has shown time and again that his agreements are worthless.
In fact this war was launched in the middle of negotiations that were going very well and we're likely to result in anti nuclear deal that was even better than the Obama one
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/uk-security-adviser-attended-us-iran-talks-and-judged-deal-was-within-reach
There’s always a way out. Iran could pull a crazy and offer to let oil through if the US stops supporting Israel, builds as much power generation as they want, and enters a defense agreement to protect Iran from unprovoked foreign attacks.
There is always room for diplomacy.
Usa stop supporting israel lol surely you jest. Our politicians have been payed off for the last 50 years just google the presidents kissing the wall no just team red or blue its all of them.
There is no more room for diplomacy when the ones you have to agree with have already backstabbed you before. Donald trump is the biggest problem this world has currently. Even less reliable and less predictable than Putin. Why won't these old men just die already. Trump is clearly demented on top of being stupid and an asshole.
Get real. Israel possesses high-definition video of half of our business and political leaders fucking literal children. Epstein was an Israeli intelligence operation created to control the American ruling class.
If enough people are guilty then it doesn't really matter anymore. It can't be a weaponized political tool at that point.
Yeah, no. Even in this climate, video of a politician fucking a literal child would tank their political career at a minimum.
"That's not me, it's AI generated"
That wasn't very hard to come up with and it's a lot less stupid than a bunch of other stuff Americans believe