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Benjamin Netanyahu describes UK as ‘first Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon’ (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

So is Pakistan not a Republic or ... ? Seriously though, was he already senile in 1998?

[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

It's certainly more of a republic than the UK, which is a monarchy, as the name suggests.

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Pakistan is not a republic in truth no, it's a military junta run firm.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah but the UK got nukes first

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

Not before it "became" "islamic", according to idiots who buy what Bibi's selling. Pakistan definitely came a lot closer to meeting his bullshit criteria "first".