Prof. Jeffrey Sachs argues that desperation is growing in the US and Israel as they fail to defeat Iran, and nuclear weapons could be used if we continue dow...
  • Commiejones
    131·
    6 days ago

    The fact that israel has nukes means they could use nukes. The question is what would they gain and lose by doing so.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPM
      16·
      6 days ago

      Sachs suggests they’d use nukes to take everyone down with them. It’s the whole Samson Option where they nuke the whole region out of spite if they decide they lost.

      • Commiejones
        7·
        5 days ago

        The problem with this idea is that the fascist leaders don’t recognize they have lost until the Führer bunker is cut off from coms and they’ve been directing orders to non-existent troops. Meanwhile the guy in the nuclear launch command center is thinking “If I obey this order I will die. If I disobey this order I can be a hero.”

      • p0ntyp00l
        6·
        6 days ago

        I’ve always assumed that the CIA would intervene if they suspected they’d do that. America would never allow them to destroy themselves when they can cut off the infected limb to live another day. At least as far as I can see.

        Unless Israel has nukes that even the yankees aren’t aware of…

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPM
          8·
          5 days ago

          Consider a scenario where the US does get pushed out of the region though. At that point they might decide to do a scorched earth approach and figure that nuking the region to make it unlivable is preferable to it integrating with the rest of Asia. We’re dealing with unhinged psychopaths here that have zero regard for human life.

      • lorty
        5·
        6 days ago

        Maybe I’ve not been following the conflict close enough but there’s no way the Zionists think they are about to get wiped out.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPM
          12·
          6 days ago

          If the US actually does get pushed out of the region, then Israel cannot survive on its own. And currently, the US is basically abandoning their bases because they can’t protect them. Meanwhile, Gulf states are starting to rethink the whole US security umbrella.

  • Bronstein_Tardigrade
    92·
    7 days ago

    Russia and China would probably let them, given that retaliation would lead to the end of the world.