• Deflated0ne@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Iran needs nukes to defend itself from a nuclear armed aggressor. Everyone needs nukes for that reason. Greenland needs nukes to protect itself from the US.

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      11 days ago

      Probability of nuclear war rises with number of states having nukes. It’s best to keep that number as low as possible, so I would not think it wise for Greenland to have nukes. It would not be a sin for Iran to have them, though, given Iran’s allies aren’t exactly offering a nuclear umbrella.

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        11 days ago

        That is the conventional wisdom. Wisdom written by people with nukes who can’t stop bullying everyone else.

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          11 days ago

          the conventional wisdom checks out to me. Sometimes bullies happen to be right.

    • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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      11 days ago

      Greenland is part of Denmark, which is part of NATO and the EU. That means they technically have UK’s, France’s, and the US’s nukes.