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questionseverything

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17. Iran is more progressive than afghanistan by leaps and bounds

Reply to TheProle (Reply #7)

Wed May 20, 2026, 12:37 PM

20 hrs ago

So while I don’t want them to have the bomb, they weren’t really close anyway so please don’t pretend it’s about human rights when we abandoned the woman of afghanistan and now we are in the process of abandoning the men that helped our servicemen there

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Iran SHOULD have a nuclear weapon [View all] 31st Street Bridge 20 hrs ago OP

Really, Cuba. For crying out loud. Walleye 20 hrs ago #1

He's pathetic! some_of_us_are_sane 20 hrs ago #3

He's lost his fucking mind and he is intent on making that whole party just as crazy Walleye 20 hrs ago #5

I don't know "US" anymore.... some_of_us_are_sane 20 hrs ago #6

I feel exactly the same Walleye 20 hrs ago #9

Yep. I feel like some_of_us_are_sane 17 hrs ago #24

Very disorienting to all of us Walleye 17 hrs ago #26

And now, Bolivia. peppertree 17 hrs ago #27

CORRECT! He's a bully some_of_us_are_sane 20 hrs ago #2

Every nation has the right to self-defense and credible deterrence. dalton99a 20 hrs ago #4

Hard disagree TheProle 20 hrs ago #7

That may be all true, but we have no moral authority anymore Walleye 20 hrs ago #10

Hate is no substitute for rationality. TheProle 20 hrs ago #13

I think just about everybody is against it, but we never started a war to prevent it to help Israel Walleye 20 hrs ago #14

Not the OP. TheProle 20 hrs ago #16

We are all suffering from PTSD here Walleye 20 hrs ago #18

Iran is more progressive than afghanistan by leaps and bounds questionseverything 20 hrs ago #17

No way should Iran ever have a nuclear weapon. Melon 20 hrs ago #8

"The means to destroy us"? dpibel 20 hrs ago #19

You'd eat a nuclear weapon in any western city? Melon 19 hrs ago #20

Transparent diversion dpibel 18 hrs ago #23

I really enjoyed this post. AloeVera 16 hrs ago #29

Nukes save lives- its a deterrent. If Iran had one a lot of girls would be alive today. instead they were killed by Blues Heron 20 hrs ago #11

Those Mullahs running that country PCB66 20 hrs ago #12

Yes, they are terrible. But Trump also hates the US. Walleye 20 hrs ago #15

Post removed Post removed 19 hrs ago #21

I think no nation should posses even one Torchlight 18 hrs ago #22

At this point... Xolodno 17 hrs ago #25

I would prefer H2O Man 16 hrs ago #28