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cosmicaug

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30. Is it a message?
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 07:01 PM
Thursday

Another possibility is that letting it be known that that aircraft is over there is a message. The message is: we can if we want to.

If it is a message, the next question is to whom? It makes sense that it would be a message to a nuclear power; but It's probably not Israel. It's probably not Iran since Iran isn't even a nuclear power (yet). Who else in the area then? Pakistan?

The next question is why. If Pakistan, the answer might be a rumor that has been denied by them which is that if Israel drops a bomb, they will nuke Israel. If so, if the US has been talking to Pakistan to tell them that it won't be tolerated and the deployment of this aircraft is part of the message, then it could indicate that the Trump regime has expectations of possible nuclear weapon use by Israel?

I hope not. Violating the nuclear weapon use taboo is not something we want. However, Iran, KSA, etc. aren't the only countries where religious lunatics have a say. They do in Israel as well.

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