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[–] garbage_world@lemmy.world -3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

No, the war was a good idea and the consequences of it proved that.

If Iran had nukes (which it would soon have, thanks to Trump, who in first term closed nuclear dearment agreement with Iran) and the control over Hormuz Strait and Russia as an ally, it could close the strait just because it felt so, which would be way worse than the current situation.

[–] CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Get fucked, idiot. There's no evidence that iran was actually close to getting nukes. Trump was just a massive cunt in starting a war with Iran.

[–] garbage_world@lemmy.world -3 points 1 hour ago

They had almost 10 years of almost uninterrupted development and 2 nuclear countries as allies.

They must've been close.

The war didn't start over just nukes, but also because of the Iranian people, supporting Israel and not letting Iran control such important geopolitical point as the hormuz strait.

Or at least how I see it.