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[theweaselking]

Quoth the wisdom of goatmother

It's hardly much of a surprise that everyone wants nukes. You can't outspend the enemy in conventional warfare, look what happened to the last outfit that tried that (and never mind that that wasn't what did them in) so you'd better get something good and big to make damned sure they can't come hooring across your border to make you safe for democracy and Jeeeesus. It's actually surprising that more nations aren't doing this.

Similar dialogue, Middle East:

US: No, Iran, you can't make fucking nukes.
Iran: Nukes, us? What nukes?
US: Those ones, there.
Iran: It's a fucking powerplant, ignorant redneck infidel.
US: Yeah, but you can use it to make nukes.
Iran: Do we have to explain this in words of one fucking syllable, infidel mouth-breather? It's a power plant. We're building it to make power with.
US: Nucular power! That means nukes!
Iran: For fucking allah's sake, you ignoramuses, we signed the non-proliferation treaty. And for the record, we haven't attacked any of our neighbours in two hundred years, despite taking a great deal of shit off of them. Shit funded by you, as it happens, and don't think that's being forgotten any fucking time soon, asswipe.
US: Nukes! Nukes!
Iran: There are times when we wish we were Christians just so we could say Jesus Motherfucking Christ on a Fucking Bike. It's a powerplant. It's not meant to blow up, and it's a large building, not a frigging weapon.
US: Not meant to blow up? What about Chernobyl? Three Mile Island?
Iran: Picture us banging our heads on our desks right now. Those were trag-ic ac-ci-dents. Nuclear weapons are for de-lib-er-ate harm to-the-en-em-y. Of course, your record of harming people by accident is fucking tragic, so we can see where the confusion arises.
US: Nukes!
Iran: Go back to getting creepy with your pages or something. We tire of your bullshit, and have a powerplant to build.
US: And you're antisemites!
Iran: In case you hadn't noticed, it's Israel we've got a beef with. And, yeah, we don't like Jews either. That's not a reason to build nukes. Or to say we've got them. If Israel wants to mess with us they've got to get through a shitpot full of terrorists. You know, the one you're fucking stirring, right on our border? In fact, why are we even still fucking listening to your shit?
US: You're an Islamic state!
Iran: Well fucking DUH.
US: Nukes!
Iran: Fuck off.

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