Video verified by AP shows Iranians taking to Tehran’s streets in large numbers to celebrate the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    They shoulda gotten them a long time ago. And Ukraine shouldn’t have given up theirs when the US pressured them to.

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      Ukraine had physical possession of nukes but no ability to use them. The Russians never let them have the launch codes.

      Ukrainian officials knew they weren’t getting anything worthwhile in the Budapest memorandum because they weren’t giving anything up besides a headache.

      South Africa gave up their nukes and decommissioned their nuclear program. Ukraine just formalized what was already true, the nukes were not usable for them.