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Zach
@zd
here’s why a preemptive strike on iran’s nuclear infrastructure is not only a justified, but necessary, act of defense to prevent an irreversible threat: 1. the iranian regime has explicitly and repeatedly called for the destruction of israel and the united states 2. the regime is actively developing nuclear weapons capabilities 3. nuclear weapons would give the regime irreversible destructive power 4. the regime’s stated intentions, combined with such power, pose an existential threat 5. deterrence is ineffective once a hostile actor gains nuclear capability 6. a preemptive strike can materially delay or disable this capability
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Marissa
@marissaposner
There are only 2 reasons to oppose a military operation to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities: You believe the regime's 46-year promise to annihilate Israel is an empty threat, willing to gamble with the world’s only Jewish state; OR You believe Iran should have the means to destroy it. Either way, it's naivete or antisemitism. Take your pick.
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pxaxm
@pxaxm
By that logic, Israel has a reserved right to a means to destroy its neighboring states?
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Zach
@zd
no, and you know that's not what she's saying... israel has a duty to prevent its own destruction when an enemy state (iran) openly builds the capability to erase it
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pxaxm
@pxaxm
again, why shouldn't iran or palestine enjoy that duty as well?
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Zach
@zd
those are two fundamentally different situations iran is a sovereign state, with a declared policy of destroying israel, backing proxies, and pursuing the capabilities to do so that makes deterrence a state-level imperative on the other hand, palestine is not a sovereign state it also doesn’t face annihilation from a neighboring power building nuclear weapons israel isn’t trying to erase gaza; it’s responding to attacks from groups who openly reject israel’s right to exist
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pxaxm
@pxaxm
israel's settler policy and expansion beyond the 1967 borders say otherwise. this logic would also justify iran wanting to procure a bomb.
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