Tehran “is the principal source of regional instability and terror,” declare G7 leaders in a joint statement.

The leaders of the G7 countries on Monday issued a joint statement saying Iran should not have nuclear weapons and affirming Israel’s right to defend itself.

“Iran is the principal source of regional instability and terror. We have been consistently clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon,” declared the statement, issued by the leaders of the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan, along with the EU.

They pledged to “remain vigilant to the implications for international energy markets and stand ready to coordinate, including with like-minded partners, to safeguard market stability.”

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    Well Pakistan will give them one if needed so they kind of already have one. Maybe stop pushing them to use it on Israel.

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    Ukraine gave up their nukes, look what happened to them. Libya gave them up, and look at them today. North Korea didn’t, and they’re still standing, for better or for worse. Iraq was accused of having nukes, but didn’t have them, and got destroyed. Seems that if you want any semblance of sovereignty outside of NATO, you better have some nukes.

    So for any nations reading along I’ll summarize the basic conclusions:

    1. Get nukes
    2. If you have nukes, do not give them up
    3. If you’re accused of having nukes, drop everything and get nukes asap

    Do you think Israel would be bombing Iran if they had nukes?

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      19 hours ago

      Are you claiming that the world would be a safer place with every other unstable or authoritarian country having nukes?

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        He didn’t say the world would be safer. But history kind of shows it is in each countries self interest to have nukes vs not having them.

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          Why? Give it some thought and actually come up with a logical answer, because countries do not invade US because of nukes, but because they have the most advanced army in the world. Nukes for US changes nothing, they’re there only as an answer to other nukes.

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        The world would be a safer place if not only every country had nukes, but also every adult citizen had a farm of combat drones.

        I personally don’t want to hear of NATO&allies lecturing everyone else morals. Tired of that. And I understand why in ex-USSR the perception of them like some global good guys was common - the reaction to very invasive and obnoxious and irritating Soviet propaganda.

        I don’t understand how people in the west can believe that.

        Anyway, no intelligent person from the west I’ve talked to did, so … kinda as it should be.

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          Imagine giving every potential madman (including school shooters and what not) destructive weapons thinking you’re making world a better place. Unhinged take honestly.

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            School shooters usually use it as their last resort. Bullying of autistic kids is the main problem. Them finding such an exit is a secondary one.

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              No, school shooters aren’t using it as a last resort. They are physcopaths who feel slighted and can’t process emotions.

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                This is wrong. Psychopaths feel themselves just fine in the society and usually don’t become school shooters.

                Shooting up bullies is a very crude solution, one that a psychopath usually doesn’t need.

                In any case most of school shootings I’ve read about were connected to bullying, and bully lives don’t matter. Don’t bully, don’t get killed.

                A psychopath usually plans their murders, so they’ll do just fine with a heavy sharp object or a reactive not intended for food getting into food. A psychopath will also be on the convenient side of any socially approved action.

                I’ve recently fully realized that I’ve met a high quality psychopath once.

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        MAD safer no, but essentially disabling conventional warfare as a practical idea yes.

        India and Pakistan are armed to the teeth, yet they haven’t fought a real war ever since they both got nukes.

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          What makes you assume said countries would not act exactly like Russia towards others without nukes?

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                There’s Afghanistan, Iraq, and these days there’s talk about a 51st state, rumblings about Greenland, Palestine

                American aggression and coups in various countries… there’s so many examples going back to Vietnam and maybe before.

                Basically after the British cocked up so many countries in the world, it passed the baton to America.

                Iran is one example of a country whose problems are directly caused by American interventionism.

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                  You wrote all that and failed to give me one example of annexation by US. Israel is annexing Palestine. Russia is annexing Ukraine. US didn’t annex Afghanistan or other countries. The states/countries live on, sometimes better than before. There is a huge difference.

                  I honestly believe trump is BS’ing about annexing Canada.

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              But then we’re back to “would world be safer with every crazy person having nukes?”

              Some are ready to watch the world burn

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    Even the statement is not about protecting people lives but about market stability.

    They are not working for the people…

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      A disturbingly large group think that history started on October 7 2023 and prior to that it was all sunshine and rainbows in the region.

      Those people didn’t hear about 70ish years of Israeli bullshit on the nightly news so as far as they’re concerned it didn’t happen.

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    found a few familiar resources in iran that the western world and its allies would love to gain full control of.

    Oil Due to the vast quantities of crude oil reserves within Iran, the nation is considered an energy superpower. According to official records from the Iranian government, in 2006, the crude oil reserves in the nation were estimated to be 132.5 billion barrels. At the time, Iran’s reserves were estimated to be 15% of the total reserves of all the members of the organization of petroleum exporting countries. In comparison to the rest of the world, Iran’s 2006 oil reserves were approximately 11.4% of the global reserves. After the discovery of oil reserves around the town of Bushehr, the oil reserves in Iran increased by roughly 32%. According to the International Monetary Fund, the monetary value of Iran’s oil reserves was estimated to be $10 trillion. The Iranian government entered into several agreements with oil companies from a variety of nations such as the United Kingdom, Russia, the Netherlands, and Spain to develop the oil reserves. Several oil refineries are situated within Iran’s boundaries with the most prominent being Abadan, Esfahan, and Bandar-e Abbas. The main method of transporting Iranian petroleum is through the pipeline. According to a study carried out in 2004, pipelines in Iran transported roughly 69% of the refined petroleum products.

    Natural Gas Iran also has massive reserves of natural gas that according to official government records are estimated to be 1,201 trillion cubic feet. Iran’s reserves are some of the largest in the world as they account for close to 18% of the world’s total. The only nation with larger gas reserves than Iran is Russia. In 2011, the Iranian petroleum minister released a report indicating that Iran’s reserves of natural gas had increased significantly due to the discovery of gas reserves within the Caspian Sea. The Caspian reserves were estimated to be 50 trillion cubic feet. Iran is currently exploiting a limited amount of its natural gas reserves, and on average it exploits 5.5 trillion cubic feet annually. The Iranian government has planned to invest huge sums of money in improving the gas industry. The government has planned to set aside $15 billion every year to increase the annual natural gas production. The Iranian government is planning to take advantage of the increase in the demand for natural gas all over the world. Estimates indicate that over 20 years the global demand for natural gas would increase by either 2% or 3%. Some of the main markets for Iranian natural gas include China and india

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    Whatever.

    Don’t care if yanks go get blown up in the Middle East. It’s all in service of enriching Halliburton and the military industrial complex. Yawn. It is 2003 again?

    Whatever happened to: “tRuMp iS tHe PeAcE pReSIdEnT”.

    I thought the US was trillions in debt. There’s always money for war.

    Can’t wait to laugh at this smoothbrained crew of assclowns as they try to fight a foreign war. Good luck maintaining those supply chains for US war mongering when the whole world fucking hates you.

    FFS. Anyway. Next.

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      Don’t care if yanks go get blown up in the Middle East. It’s all in service of enriching Halliburton and the military industrial complex. Yawn. It is 2003 again?

      The last time they did this, a million Iraqis died.

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        I know. Fuck the US. They can’t even come up with different propaganda.