• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Biden says he won’t support a lot of shit that Netanyahu does. Then Biden goes on to support the same shit he said he wouldn’t support, without condition or hesitation.

  • spyd3r@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Biden’s refusal to do anything, out of this constant fear of “escalation,” is both damaging our standing with our allies, and is emboldening our enemies by sending the message that the US is asleep at the wheel.

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      2 months ago

      no it’s not.

      anyone with eyes can see this is the price paid to have a militarily significant position against the real enemy, Russia.

      sure, there is much gnashing of teeth and shouting of change but it’s all political theater.

  • _stranger_@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    US Gov: Israel, We most definitely do not condone a bombing of these exact sites, here, here and… yeah here and here too, which may or may not contain nuclear weapons. Definitely do not use this cartoonishly large crate of missiles to do that. Also, let us know when you’ve not done that, we might have followup questions and info on other sites you definitely shouldn’t bomb.

  • 11111one11111@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    All politics aside what would they strike when they say nuclear facilities? Idk shit about the physics of a nuclear bomb so I ask how would they know they aren’t igniting a nuclear bomb in these strikes? Are they just bombing everything around the missile silos?

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      2 months ago

      Nuclear bombs are pretty precise affairs.

      Even the relatively simple “gun type” fission bombs require a precisely sized core of nuclear material to be encased in a neutron reflector to get an explosion instead of just a ball of hot uranium.

      An implosion type bombs is more powerful but requires conventional explosives to be set off in a sphere around the core at exactly the right time, this compresses the sphere, increasing reactivity, and making it explode.

      If the shape or timing is wrong, you just get a nuclear meltdown, not an explosion.

      So bombing a nuclear bomb isn’t likely to set it off, it’s only likely to make the area it’s stored in uninhabitable for a few thousand years.

      Either way, not a very good idea. Also, pretty sure bombing any kind of nuclear facility is considered a war crime, as it will horribly wound or kill way more civilians than anything else.

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    2 months ago

    Oh no! Will he do a Susan Collins frown and then keep supplying the very weapons he KNOWS will be used to do it again? He’s so MEAN to the fascist apartheid regime! 😭