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4. Oil & Gas are weaonized, nukes are the cover for the real threat.

Reply to NickB79 (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 11:13 PM

Mar 19

The actual threat doesn't require a nuclear bomb. Iran can devaste the whole gulf supply of water. Drinking water, water for agriculture and it doesn't require nuclear bomb, Iran has all it needs and capability to achieve that life ending objective for millions in the Gulf and effect the world as we know it.

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