Comments on: Trump had to be stopped from using nuclear weapons on Iran (edit – no evidence for claim… BAD RL!) https://habitablezone.com/2026/04/21/trump-had-to-be-stopped-from-using-nuclear-weapons-on-iran/ Tue, 12 May 2026 20:11:45 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2026/04/21/trump-had-to-be-stopped-from-using-nuclear-weapons-on-iran/#comment-54886 RL Mon, 11 May 2026 01:56:18 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108715#comment-54886 Have never been higher ... Can you imagine just how terrible crossing that line will be? Even if it doesn't touch off a larger exchange, it will make our nation a pariah for generations.... and rightly so. Have never been higher …

Can you imagine just how terrible crossing that line will be?

Even if it doesn’t touch off a larger exchange, it will make our nation a pariah for generations…. and rightly so.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2026/04/21/trump-had-to-be-stopped-from-using-nuclear-weapons-on-iran/#comment-54885 RL Sun, 10 May 2026 02:09:56 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108715#comment-54885 https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-make-iran-glow https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-make-iran-glow

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2026/04/21/trump-had-to-be-stopped-from-using-nuclear-weapons-on-iran/#comment-54884 RL Mon, 04 May 2026 19:09:55 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108715#comment-54884 <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/live-updates_n_69f88b76e4b06e9242f53108/liveblog_69f8d8e2e4b0f658833cde06" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Trump WILL use nukes</a> if given half a chance... It's not just that he is willing to do so, it's that he is eagerly looking for excuses to so so, and manufacturing the pretense, no matter how flimsy, to do so. He doesn't have many years to look forward to... and some men want to leave a mark... most want to leave a positive legacy, but some men- Men like Trump -and those that want to be associated with him- are more than satisfied with leaving a permanent, ugly, scar. Trump WILL use nukes if given half a chance… It’s not just that he is willing to do so, it’s that he is eagerly looking for excuses to so so, and manufacturing the pretense, no matter how flimsy, to do so.

He doesn’t have many years to look forward to… and some men want to leave a mark… most want to leave a positive legacy, but some men- Men like Trump -and those that want to be associated with him- are more than satisfied with leaving a permanent, ugly, scar.

]]> By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2026/04/21/trump-had-to-be-stopped-from-using-nuclear-weapons-on-iran/#comment-54881 BuckGalaxy Fri, 01 May 2026 22:52:42 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108715#comment-54881 You're right, there are more and more Trump voters souring to him all the time. But the core cultists are immovable. You’re right, there are more and more Trump voters souring to him all the time. But the core cultists are immovable.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2026/04/21/trump-had-to-be-stopped-from-using-nuclear-weapons-on-iran/#comment-54878 RobVG Fri, 01 May 2026 19:13:48 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108715#comment-54878 Surely there must be 'some' Surely there must be ‘some’

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2026/04/21/trump-had-to-be-stopped-from-using-nuclear-weapons-on-iran/#comment-54877 RL Fri, 01 May 2026 04:02:03 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108715#comment-54877 But I think it is clear that he is eager to use nukes, this is something confirmed by his former staff and his own statements, and threats... That said, I should have awaited confirmation... He even floated the idea of nuking a hurricane... something that is often given to physics students as a problem to determine if it makes sense as a possible way to disrupt a hurricane... it doesn't, of course, the energy scale of a hurricane is orders of magnitude greater than any nuke... all you dois add extremely small percentage of energy to the hurricane and make it radioactive. He would love to use nuclear weapons...and as we have seen he respects war crimes, and threatens genocide... But I think it is clear that he is eager to use nukes, this is something confirmed by his former staff and his own statements, and threats…

That said, I should have awaited confirmation…

He even floated the idea of nuking a hurricane… something that is often given to physics students as a problem to determine if it makes sense as a possible way to disrupt a hurricane… it doesn’t, of course, the energy scale of a hurricane is orders of magnitude greater than any nuke… all you dois add extremely small percentage of energy to the hurricane and make it radioactive.

He would love to use nuclear weapons…and as we have seen he respects war crimes, and threatens genocide…

]]> By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2026/04/21/trump-had-to-be-stopped-from-using-nuclear-weapons-on-iran/#comment-54875 BuckGalaxy Fri, 01 May 2026 00:49:44 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108715#comment-54875 Trump's cult followers believe anything that comes out of his mouth no matter how absurd or vile. They have already bought the nonsense hook line and sinker that anything they don't want to believe is fake news. Or anything they do want to believe is true. They don't need any more "credibility" on that front. The non-MAGA world (center, left and right) needs to make sure we don't fall into that delusion. Trump’s cult followers believe anything that comes out of his mouth no matter how absurd or vile. They have already bought the nonsense hook line and sinker that anything they don’t want to believe is fake news. Or anything they do want to believe is true. They don’t need any more “credibility” on that front.

The non-MAGA world (center, left and right) needs to make sure we don’t fall into that delusion.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2026/04/21/trump-had-to-be-stopped-from-using-nuclear-weapons-on-iran/#comment-54873 RobVG Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:37:05 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108715#comment-54873 I agree with Buck's statement, but there's another thing to add. If you fall for stories like these, it lends credibility to Trump's claims of "fake news", at least in the eyes of his followers. They can become even more entrenched. I agree with Buck’s statement, but there’s another thing to add. If you fall for stories like these, it lends credibility to Trump’s claims of “fake news”, at least in the eyes of his followers. They can become even more entrenched.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2026/04/21/trump-had-to-be-stopped-from-using-nuclear-weapons-on-iran/#comment-54870 ER Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:58:53 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108715#comment-54870 That bears repeating. <blockquote>As much as we hate this POS, we cannot allow ourselves to be drawn into accepting false claims. That makes us no better than the MAGA morons who believe every crackpot conspiracy that appeals to them. Consider how many leftwingers out there posted that the WHCD shooting was staged? The guy had a couple of guns and shot a Secret Service agent who had a vest on. He’s caught on video and is under arrest. It happened. Pretending it was staged makes us look just as dumb as MAGA.</blockquote> That bears repeating.

As much as we hate this POS, we cannot allow ourselves to be drawn into accepting false claims. That makes us no better than the MAGA morons who believe every crackpot conspiracy that appeals to them. Consider how many leftwingers out there posted that the WHCD shooting was staged? The guy had a couple of guns and shot a Secret Service agent who had a vest on. He’s caught on video and is under arrest. It happened. Pretending it was staged makes us look just as dumb as MAGA.

]]> By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2026/04/21/trump-had-to-be-stopped-from-using-nuclear-weapons-on-iran/#comment-54869 BuckGalaxy Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:34:55 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108715#comment-54869 Not that it's out of the realm of the possible in our current nightmare reality, but that no legit news sources reported it. There was the MSN report but it too said there was no reliable verification. As much as we hate this POS, we cannot allow ourselves to be drawn into accepting false claims. That makes us no better than the MAGA morons who believe every crackpot conspiracy that appeals to them. Consider how many leftwingers out there posted that the WHCD shooting was staged? The guy had a couple of guns and shot a Secret Service agent who had a vest on. He’s caught on video and is under arrest. It happened. Pretending it was staged makes us look just as dumb as MAGA. Not that it’s out of the realm of the possible in our current nightmare reality, but that no legit news sources reported it. There was the MSN report but it too said there was no reliable verification.

As much as we hate this POS, we cannot allow ourselves to be drawn into accepting false claims. That makes us no better than the MAGA morons who believe every crackpot conspiracy that appeals to them. Consider how many leftwingers out there posted that the WHCD shooting was staged? The guy had a couple of guns and shot a Secret Service agent who had a vest on. He’s caught on video and is under arrest. It happened. Pretending it was staged makes us look just as dumb as MAGA.

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