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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", sykesix asked the members: "What do you do if you arrive early at movie besides go to the snack bar?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: albaby1 ✶❂🐝 GOLD
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Subject: Re: Iran - The Difference in Assessment
Date: 03/14/26 4:52 PM
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I know English is your second language, but Albaby hasn't said anything like that. You are making it up.

Yes, he seems to misunderstand. I'm saying that what Trump is doing doesn't seem at all likely to stop the Iranian from making nukes. That doesn't mean that we should allow Iran to make nukes. It just means that what we're doing won't stop them from making nukes...so maybe there's not as much benefit to doing it as people claim? Since it won't actually stop them from making nukes after the war?

Trump (and others) keep pointing out how much of Iran's conventional military capacity we've destroyed. Which we have. Our military is very good at destroying other nation's conventional military capacity, and they've executed very well. But the problem is that destroying their conventional military capacity doesn't stop them from making nukes when the war is over. Blowing up their airfields and sinking their ships doesn't stop them from making nukes when the war is over. Even destroying their ballistic missiles doesn't stop them from making nukes when the war is over - they don't actually use the missiles to build the nukes, and they'll be able to build more ballistic missiles and rebuild the factories that make ballistic missiles after the war is over.

So what's the operational plan for achieving the goal of stopping them from having nukes? Bombing their conventional military capacity just degrades their conventional military capacity. Not permanently, of course - they'll be able to rearm once we stop bombing them, just like they did after the 12-day war. But regardless, it only damages their conventional military capacity - it doesn't stop them from restarting their nuke program the day after the bombs stop.

Our air power is superb at blowing things up from afar. But it can't really be used to achieve strategic goals that can't be accomplished by blowing things up from afar. And I haven't seen any explanation of how blowing things up from afar can actually stop Iran from restarting their nuke program once we stop bombing them.
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