no matter the result, when the world detects radiation emission, the US will say it's because they destroyed the target, not because of the bombs. They might even try to say they used a regular bomb and any nuclear emissions are purely from Iranian material.

I think you're right, but I also think even in that case there's a real chance Trump just goes off script and says he used nukes on TV

I'll give the Dems a cookie if after winning they deescalate with Iran, defund/abolish ICE, and stop all arms shipments to Israel.

I don't think they'll do any of these things. They'll probably open an investigation into the hiring process for the contractors Trump got to work on the reflecting pool

History will tell. Either way the human element was the failure point. Getting nukes is good, but nukes would not guarantee safety

Enough was in on it where the US could succeed at this otherwise highly risky operation

Edit: https://www.aninews.in/news/world/us/history-will-tell-who-the-traitors-were-says-nicolas-maduros-son-after-his-fathers-us-capture20260105090430/

I think you're right, that could be deterrence. However, if you're at the point where nearly all of your head of state's security forces are compromised, you're at a point where you could probably compromise the nuclear operators too.

My main point is that technological systems and powerful weapons do not automatically overcome or safeguard the human element.

Edit: Maduro would still be in Venezuela if the human element in his security were strong, even without nukes. And he might be in a US dungeon if the human element were weak, even if he had nukes.

Honestly, not sure nukes would've helped in this case. They did a special forces raid that clearly had significant help from the inside. Only the Cuban special forces resisted the invasion.

If you have traitors helping the imperialist, they'd just seize control of the nukes or would've disconnect Maduro from being able to launch them.

Is it controlled, if they came to that opinion on their own?

They came to this opinion on their own, from what I understand. They're not an op they just suck. Even SEP (Socialist Equality Party. The trot, extreme sectarian formation that runs the World Socialist Website) is better than them. ACP might be better than them too.

A couple years ago an SWP person showed up at a local city council meeting where I live.

We (coalition of a few pro-BDS orgs) were trying to get the city council to commit to not investing in Israel and to passing a ceasefire resolution.

The SWP person showed up to call us anti-semites

The American Dental Association is an enemy of life

Had a tooth pulled this summer cuz it got broken in an accident.

Felt much better after getting it pulled. Only thing that sucks is the first dentist I went to trying to pull and bait and switch (fuck Aspen dental)

I didn't think I'd be this moved by his death. I don't think I've felt this way about celebrity death since Pratchett died.

Mass Effect 2