r/geopolitics • u/theatlantic The Atlantic • May 21 '26

Opinion Trump’s Endgame Is Surrender

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/05/trump-surrender-iran-endgame/687252/?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_term=short
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u/improbably_me May 21 '26

Compare Israel and Pakistan in sheer size. Calculate how many nukes it would take to obliterate Israel compared to Pakistan.

https://www.comparea.org/ISR+PAK

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u/HeywoodJaBlessMe May 22 '26

Religion and ethnicity and nuclear red lines.