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(20 posts)
1. Majority of Arab states agree
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 11:19 PM
Thursday

There may be public condemnation from some of the 20+ Arab states, but quietly most are cheering as Iran is a threat to their own stability.

JohnSJ

(98,877 posts)
2. They are destroying Iran's nuclear capability. That may upset some, and while there is risk, what would
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 11:51 PM
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the risk be if as reported Iran was only a few months away from having nuclear weapons go live?

Israel will never accept a nuclear Iran, with or without the U.S.



Richard D

(9,950 posts)
3. A nuclear weaponized Iran
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 11:57 PM
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Would be an incredibly bad thing. Like, so bad few could even imagine it.

JohnSJ

(98,877 posts)
4. As I added onto my post above, Israel will never accept a nuclear Iran, with or without the U.S.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 11:59 PM
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Frasier Balzov

(4,423 posts)
5. The larger objective
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 12:12 AM
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is to tip the teetering theocracy and prompt the Iranian people to crash it to the ground.

Richard D

(9,950 posts)
6. Yes. That is a big objective
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 12:43 AM
Friday

Just spoke with a friend who has family in Iran, and they are weeping with joy at the possibility of being liberated from the IRGC.

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