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Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield”

From kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups rec.arts.sf.written
Subject Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield”
Date 2026-06-26 09:29 -0400
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Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:51:30 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>
>> I think that Israel will end up saying screw it and nuking Iran.
>
>That would make them even less popular than they are already. JD Vance
>already said the quiet part out loud:

This is true but the question is whether they actually care about that.

They have certainly done much to produce sympathy in the mideast for Iran.
which was generally looked upon by most mideastern nations as kind of crazy.

>Any use of nukes would bring the Security Council down hard. The US
>would find it very hard to resist the pressure not to veto any
>resolution on action against Israel.

I seriously doubt that Israel has 300 nukes, but they likely do have one.
Are they crazy enough to actually use it on Iran?  I don't think so because
I don't think they really care that much about Iran except insofar as Iran
is providing support that is keeping them from completely taking over 
Palestine.  They care a whole lot about Palestine.

But I wouldn't rule it out, because Netanyahu is a loose cannon and has not
always done the logical thing.

I think it's also important to make a distinction between "what Israel wants"
and "what Netanyahu wants."

This isn't really Trump's war.... this is Netanyahu's war and Trump just
hired on because he thought he could get an easy win out of it.  Netanyahu
started it and he is the one who is going to have to end it.  Trump is having
a great time making up peace plans but he's not the guy running the war.
--scott
-- 
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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“Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-06-24 17:54 -0500
  Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-06-25 08:22 -0700
    Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) - 2026-06-25 16:32 +0000
      Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2026-06-25 13:12 -0400
    Re: �Hegseth Hails First Test of America�s �Golden Dome� Missile Defense Shield� Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> - 2026-06-25 09:57 -0700
      Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-06-26 08:25 -0700
      Re_ Hegseth Hails First Test of America_s Golden Dome Missile Defense Shield quadibloc@invalid.com (John Savard) - 2026-06-28 08:54 +0000
        Re: Re_ Hegseth Hails First Test of America_s Golden Dome Missile Defense Shield kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-06-28 08:37 -0400
          Re: Re_ Hegseth Hails First Test of America_s Golden Dome Missile Defense Shield Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2026-06-28 13:31 -0400
            Re: Re_ Hegseth Hails First Test of America_s Golden Dome Missile Defense Shield kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-06-28 21:12 -0400
          Re: Re_ Hegseth Hails First Test of America_s Golden Dome Missile Defense Shield quadibloc@invalid.com (John Savard) - 2026-06-29 00:40 +0000
        Re: Re_ Hegseth Hails First Test of America_s Golden Dome Missile Defense Shield Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2026-06-28 13:27 -0400
        Re: Re_ Hegseth Hails First Test of America_s Golden Dome Missile Defense Shield Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-28 23:46 +0000
        Re: Re_ Hegseth Hails First Test of America_s Golden Dome Missile Defense Shield Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-28 23:51 +0000
          Re: Re_ Hegseth Hails First Test of America_s Golden Dome Missile Defense Shield quadibloc@invalid.com (John Savard) - 2026-06-29 00:48 +0000
  Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-25 23:35 +0000
    Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-06-25 18:45 -0500
      Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-26 02:07 +0000
        Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-06-25 21:51 -0500
          Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-26 03:57 +0000
            Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-06-26 09:29 -0400
              Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-06-26 15:11 -0500
            Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-06-26 15:08 -0500
              Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2026-06-26 17:23 -0400
              Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-27 07:23 +0000
            Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Chris Thompson <the_thompsons@earthlink.net> - 2026-06-26 22:39 -0400
              Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-06-27 15:17 -0500
                Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Chris Thompson <the_thompsons@earthlink.net> - 2026-06-28 01:10 -0400
                Re: "Hegseth Hails First Test of America's "Golden Dome" Missile Defense Shield" Don <g@crcomp.net> - 2026-06-28 18:59 +0000
                Re: "Hegseth Hails First Test of America's "Golden Dome" Missile Defense Shield" Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-28 23:29 +0000
                Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-06-29 02:05 -0500
                Re: Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-06-29 06:52 -0400
                Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-06-29 15:17 -0500
                Re: Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-30 01:20 +0000
                Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-06-30 11:28 +0000
                Re: Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-06-30 15:01 -0400
                Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2026-06-30 15:20 -0400
                Re: Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-30 20:51 +0000
                Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-30 02:51 +0000
                Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Chris Thompson <the_thompsons@earthlink.net> - 2026-06-29 23:50 -0400
                Re: Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-30 14:12 +0000
                Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-06-30 08:11 -0700
                Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-06-30 15:31 -0500
        Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-06-26 09:20 -0400
          Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-27 00:23 +0000
            Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2026-07-01 18:44 -0300
              Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-07-01 18:46 -0400
                Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-07-01 18:23 -0500
                Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-01 23:54 +0000
                Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-07-01 20:16 -0400
                Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-02 00:24 +0000
                Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-07-02 14:54 +0000
                Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-07-02 08:29 -0700
                Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense quadibloc@invalid.com (John Savard) - 2026-07-02 15:25 +0000
                Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-03 00:22 +0000
                Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-07-03 08:35 -0700
                Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-07-03 15:53 +0000
                Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-07-03 12:28 -0400
                Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-07-04 08:37 -0700
                Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> - 2026-07-03 09:52 -0700
                Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense Don <g@crcomp.net> - 2026-07-07 15:26 +0000
                Re: Hails First Test of Missile Defense kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-07-02 17:16 -0400
      Re: Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-26 14:33 +0000
        Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-06-26 08:37 -0700
      Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-27 00:51 +0000
        Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-06-26 23:30 -0500
          Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-27 07:03 +0000
            Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-06-27 12:36 -0400
        Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2026-06-27 14:35 -0400
          Re: Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-06-27 16:31 -0400
          Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-27 23:12 +0000
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              Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-06-29 06:40 -0400
                Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2026-06-29 08:16 -0700
                Re: “Hegseth Hails First Test of America’s “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Shield” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-29 22:33 +0000
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                Re: the Cold War, was Missile Defense Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-30 02:55 +0000
                Re: the Cold War, was Missile Defense danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2026-06-30 03:09 +0000
                Re: the Cold War, was Missile Defense Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-30 04:51 +0000
                Re: the Cold War, was Missile Defense kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-06-30 09:04 -0400
                Re: the Cold War, was Missile Defense kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-06-30 08:55 -0400
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                Re: the Cold War, was Missile Defense oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-07-02 16:55 +0000
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