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Iran Worried U.S. Might Be Building 8,500th Nuclear Weapon | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

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"Our intelligence estimates indicate that, if it is allowed to progress with its aggressive nuclear program, the United States may soon possess its 8,500th atomic weapon capable of reaching Iran," said Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi, adding that Americans have the fuel, the facilities, and "everything they need" to manufacture even more weapons-grade fissile material. "Obviously, the prospect of this happening is very distressing to Iran and all countries like Iran. After all, the United States is a volatile nation that's proven it needs little provocation to attack anyone anywhere in the world whom it perceives to be a threat." Iranian intelligence experts also warned of the very real, and very frightening, possibility of the U.S. providing weapons and resources to a rogue third-party state such as Israel.

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BD Styers

Nobody is worried about the US, Israel, India, Pakistan... after all, these governments are so civilized.

  • 3 votes
Reply#1 - Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:32 PM EST
Grisham

LMAO. That's a great piece of satire. I wish I would have thought of it.

  • 2 votes
Reply#2 - Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:37 PM EST
BD Styers

You will probably come up with something better. Persist much?

  • 2 votes
#2.1 - Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:40 PM EST
Emanuel-0684

I think George Benard Shaw said "my way of joking is to tell the truth, it's the funniest joke in the world". As much satire The Onion is...nothing in the story (except for maybe Iranians saying this recently) is far fetched.

Years and years ago before the first nuclear weapon was even detonated, scientists warned that

it may be very difficult to persuade the world, that a nation which was capable of secretly preparing and suddenly releasing a weapon as indiscriminate as the rocket bomb and a million times more destructive, is to be trusted in its proclaimed desire of having such weapons abolished by international agreement

  • 5 votes
#2.2 - Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:57 PM EST
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MoCowgirl-1193719

I love The Onion, and articles like is why.

  • 4 votes
Reply#3 - Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:56 AM EST
lincoln-1979

love it.

:)

  • 3 votes
Reply#4 - Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:51 AM EST
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