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SticksAndBreaks on March 14, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Molten Salt Reactor Claims Melt Down Under Scrutin...

Geo-strategic irony: Because everyone has a secret nuke lying around, nobody engages in conflicts any more- thus the usual social tension valve beeing unused, leading to civil wars instead of the conventional wars.

TL,DR; Iran vs SaudiArabia turns with nukes into, Iran <-> Iran and SaudiArabia vs SaudiArabia.

Short term gain is long term pain.

pjc50 on March 14, 2017 [–]

Not sure about that - there are at least two Iran vs. Saudi proxy wars being fought in Yemen and Syria.

SticksAndBreaks on March 14, 2017 | [–]

All out WW1 Mass Murdering with drafted civilians like the iran-iraq war?

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