How many dead Palestinian kids will it take for you to change your vote?

  • KurtVonnegut [comrade/them]
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    2 days ago

    Also, the wind from the Mediterranean would blow the fallout from a Gaza nuke directly to the east. The reason people have nukes is to attack countries on the other side of the world, not their neighbors. Multiple Hiroshima's worth of conventional bombs have already been dropped since 10/7...

    • someone [comrade/them, they/them]
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      23 hours ago

      This is one of the reasons I'm a little worried for Yemen. They're exactly the sort of target the Israeli government might consider dropping nukes on. A relatively distant country that's been a major pain in their ass, which they have no intention of invading, and which wouldn't be a fallout issue for them.

      • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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        22 hours ago

        Fortunately, they can't hit Yemen without radiation hitting KSA or Djibouti, their collaborators.

        • someone [comrade/them, they/them]
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          14 hours ago

          I highly doubt that the Israeli government thinks of either the citizenry or the ruling class of either of those countries as equals worthy of protection from harm.

          • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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            5 hours ago

            No but nuking them would make enemies out of them, cut off their Red Sea access permanently, and likely align the whole Muslim world firmly against them.

            • someone [comrade/them, they/them]
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              5 hours ago

              and likely align the whole Muslim world firmly against them.

              What would they do against a country willing and able to launch nukes?

              • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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                5 hours ago

                5 nukes is not going to give you dictatorial power over 300 million people spread across 4 time zones. The Zionist regime survives because it is able to make passive bystanders out of its neighbors. It would not survive the loss of that situation.