There will be an insane propaganda push where basically every piece of media supports the nuke and then it’s memory holed
Like 9/11 and Iraq
Inadequate, would likely be the most accurate description
Thats the word I was looking for
“It ended the war”
Iranians will always fight to the death nukes were the only way:this:
the idea that an american would ever give a shit about someone other than themselves is laughable
Americans don’t even give a shit about other Americans.
Exactly the same justifications for nuking Japan while they were trying to surrender. Given how strongly libs defend that… Yeah it would probably work again.
Tbf I’m pretty sure that strong defense only solidified after like 2 generations of literally teaching that in schools
Ask the average american about nagasaki or hiroshima. There’s your answer
i’m going to hiroshima in the near future. going to the museum to understand the absolute horror of what the US did
Overwhelming support. Remember when Trump bombed Syria in his first term and the general response was “Trump finally became president”
reddit would be aglow with praise and wonder i’m sure
Judging from our track record. Most Americans would get over it and/or forget about it in 3 months maybe less. There would absolutely be protests, but nothing meaninful would come of them. The consensus would be “whats done is done and we should move on” or something along those lines. Maybe I am too cynical though
“We had to do it, they were trying to build a nuke”
You’re not cynical enough; Sam Harris has been dreaming about nuking Islamic countries for a while.
Trump only wants peace. It was actually the russians that nuked iran.
Russia destroyed their own gas pipeline and Hamas bombed their own hospital. So it only follows that Iran nuked themselves as a false flag operation.
[man in banana suit still trying to find that guy]
Depends where.
A city there will be some repercussions for US image and it will push more countries to try and slip away from the grasp of the US but also allow the US to terrorize a lot of countries successfully with threats by pointing to that. Anti-imperialist solidarity will rise but also probably the willingness of nations to capitulate to the US because they’re unhinged and faced no consequences will also rise as they make the calculation they can’t risk American nuking them.
If they nuke Fordow I expect other than some protests and the usual anti-nuclear movement (aging now) being angry very little will come of it. Russia and China will condemn, NATO and media and most Americans will shrug and either see it as bad because we shouldn’t be bombing Iran (not because of being nuclear) or as good because we should or as neither because they couldn’t care less and are late for brunch.
If they do nuke Fordow I think it would be interesting to see if Russia uses the opening from that to use a tactical nuke on a hardened Ukrainian military installation in a similar way and as a kind of response.
I honestly don’t know. A majority of Americans don’t support a war with Iran, but that doesn’t matter. A supermajority might disapprove of the nuke, but that also wouldn’t matter. Obviously the public opinion will depend on the pretext, but the public opinion just never matters.
Brunch discussions followed by Goldfish memory
Need a cassus belli like the sinking of the nimitz aircraft carrier first, then meh
In the US? I don’t think people would give a shit honestly. The libs might have a big protest, that’s it
Edit: for like a tactical nuke on the buried facility or sth. Obviously if they nuked Tehran it would be something else entirely but I don’t see the need or the reason to do that.
libs:
“oh no, anyways”
tactical nuke
Total meme category. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were “strategic” bombings using “tactical” yields according to post-war terminology.
I think this is the distinction. I really don’t think any amount of propaganda would get the general gen z/millennial American public to have majority support for dropping a bomb on a major city center filled with civilians.
If they drop it somewhere else in Iran and it only destroys the homeland and ruins the lives of thousands instead of millions, the mental gymnastics would be much more common. That said tho a modern tactical nuke usage against a “purely military” target would certainly open up public sentiment towards future usage.
You’re giving Americans entirely too much credit.
I could see some initial pushback from burgers then quickly forget when the news cycle moves on.
Yeah, I live in the south and I know the “christians” near me would literally cheer.
