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Comment by epolanski

> Iran never had the deterrent North Korea had.

I feel very conflicted about what's happening.

On one side it is clear that no country should give up their WMD projects. You lack that deterrent you get attacked, as simple as that. Libya, Syria, Iraq gave up their WMD projects eventually got bombed/attacked.

> What happened today likely saved millions of Iranian lives.

That's speculation. Since you name NK that's a clear example of a country having nuclear deterrent actually saving the region from a conflict.

parent epolanski 1 year ago

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