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Miles Archer

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Fri Mar 27, 2026, 09:27 AM Mar 27

Trump: "They were planning to have a nuclear weapon if we didn't hit them with the nuke-- with the B2 bombers."

Aaron Rupar

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Trump: "They were planning to have a nuclear weapon if we didn't hit them with the nuke-- with the B2 bombers."

Trump: "They were planning to have a nuclear weapon if we didn't hit them with the nuke-- with the B2 bombers."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-26T14:48:04.473Z
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Trump: "They were planning to have a nuclear weapon if we didn't hit them with the nuke-- with the B2 bombers." (Original Post) Miles Archer Mar 27 OP
I missed the 'we hit them with the nuke' breaking story. spanone Mar 27 #1
Trump wanted to nuke hurricanes. yardwork Mar 27 #2
And this right here is one of the most important reasons why developing and using the bomb against Japan Aristus Mar 27 #4
Freudian slip? Blues Heron Mar 27 #3

Aristus

(72,229 posts)
4. And this right here is one of the most important reasons why developing and using the bomb against Japan
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 09:59 AM
Mar 27

was a bad idea in the long run. Discussions about how many casualties we would have suffered if we had gone ahead with an invasion of Japan aside, nukes have gotten a reputation as a war-winner. Any time you get into a war, and get stuck for an easy, prime-time-ready victory, just drop a few nukes, and everything will be fine. MacArthur wanted to use them in Korea. LeMay wanted to use them in Vietnam. Trump wants to use them everywhere. These are people who don't have the moral decency to understand the catastrophic consequences of using nukes. The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs were pop-guns compared to the bombs they have now. No one can truly calculate the sheer mind-boggling destruction they can cause. And nobody, nobody in the world, will be safe from those consequences.

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