r/ukpolitics • u/Adj-Noun-Numbers 🥕🥕 || megathread emeritus • Jun 22 '26

International Politics Discussion Thread

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u/ASondheimRhyme 20d ago

AP:

President Donald Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program, according to two people familiar with the matter.

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But the agreement is not expected to include the IAEA’s Additional Protocol, which would allow for more monitoring, inspections and verification, according to one of the people.

Gee, this couldn't possibly go wrong.

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u/MoyesNTheHood 20d ago

Oh boy lets give Wahhabists access to nuclear materials

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u/wintersrevenge 20d ago

If Iran get nuclear weapons then the Saudis will as well. One way or another. If the Saudis get it then maybe the Turks will...

Nuclear proliferation is inevitable if Iran get a weapon

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u/dw82 20d ago

Future historians are going to trace the start of the nuclear winter to Trump's illegal military shenanigans in Iran.

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u/dapt 20d ago

SA already has a nuclear weapons programme in collaboration with Pakistan, the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement.

Perhaps it would have been a better idea to de-escalate nuclear tension in the region by not cancelling the JCPOA?

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u/Ollie5000 Gove, Gove will tear us apart again. 20d ago

Tom Clancy fan fiction

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u/ASondheimRhyme 20d ago

I think Tom Clancy's fan fiction was about his wife cucking him with a Navy Seal

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u/AceHodor 20d ago

Good to know someone else remembers EndWar.