• rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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        2 days ago

        So the point isn’t that Israel can actually hit targets in the US, but that they have nuclear weapons in general?

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          2 days ago

          No that is the point, everyone knows 'rael has arms. U ok? Thats sort of an odd takeaway you offered there just now

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            You claimed specifically that Israel has nuclear weapons pointed at America, but when I asked you about it you only linked me an article that said that they have nuclear weapons. Considering how far away they are, “pointed at America” isn’t really plausible even if they wanted to, and why would they want to anyway?

            Might as well claim that the US has nuclear weapons pointed at Israel, which is probably much closer to the truth.

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              In no way am I validating or invalidating his point of “pointed at America” but in general here if anyone launches a nuke at anyone, EVERYONE in the flight path of assumes it’s coming at them. It’s how are extremely shitty, scary system “works”.

              Check out the movie “A House of Dynamite”. It’s supposed to be pretty closely based on a What If and how decisions are supposed to be made.

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                I have no reason to believe that Israel even has the ability to hit a target that is anywhere near the US, so the US cannot be in the flight path of whatever target they hit with missiles. And who would they even want to hit where the US is on a potential flight path? Canada and Mexico?

                Either way, if that’s our standard for “Israel bad because nuclear weapons”, every other nuclear power is an asshole to Israel, too, including the US.