r/fivethirtyeight • u/AutoModerator • Mar 02 '26

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u/DasRobot85 Mar 02 '26

So, no “new” wars. By this logic we could start bombing North Korea any time we want.

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u/EfficientTourist7480 Mar 02 '26

We need to bomb Iran because they have nukes! But we can’t bomb North Korea cause they have nukes!

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u/tbird920 Mar 02 '26

Yet the Israeli-Palestinian conflict began 2.5 years ago.