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🇮🇷💥A Nuclear Option Against Iran Would Be a Catastrophe – Not a Solution ➿➿➿➿➿➿➿➿➿➿ "They are discussing using nuclear weapons on Iran in strategy meetings. Yes, you read that correctly. It's real. I'm not speculating; I know. And it's pure evil." This is what former US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote on her X account on August 17, 2026. The mere consideration of such an option signals a dangerous psychological shift in U.S. foreign policy. ✏️Taut Bataut is a researcher and writer who publishes on South Asian geopolitics. ➡️The US introduced tactical nuclear weapons in the 1950s to surpass Soviet conventional superiority. By 2010, the US military concluded Chinese military had become equal. Now the US is introducing artificial intelligence, but the PLA has significantly outpaced the US. This clears one thing: the US establishment did not want Trump to sign the MoU with Iran—a clear surrender. As the US has completely failed against Iran in conventional terms, it might opt for unconventional means. The plan: move out of the region and capture the Hormuz region through tactical nukes—declaring it US territory to keep the petrodollar intact. There are reasons that dictate that we should rely on diplomacy and patience, no matter how desperate the situation becomes. ➡️Tactical nuclear weapons range from sub-kiloton to 50 kilotons—the weapons the US dropped on Japan in WWII were 15 kilotons. With modern technology, one can create a critical mass with just a few kilograms of uranium or plutonium. If the Strait of Hormuz's chokepoint could be opened with a very small, limited-range, sub-kiloton nuclear weapon, the US could capture it and continue to generate petrodollars. Elbridge Colby, Under Secretary of War for Policy, warned: "What I would fear more is a regional war... that might have local employment, God forbid, of nuclear weapons that could escalate." North Korea has openly declared solidarity with Iran if nuclear weapons are used. 🟦Iran is a signatory of the NPT—it would first announce withdrawal from the treaty before pursuing nuclear weapons. China can play a pivotal role—today China has approximately $800 billion in US Treasury bonds. If China sold a large amount, US inflation would spike, the stock market would crash. China also has dominance over rare earth minerals on which American conventional capabilities are highly dependent. A nuclear attack against Iran is not an answer—it is a recipe for disaster. This policy of desperation would be a betrayal of principles and would not bring peace. The rest of the world should condemn such rhetoric before it normalizes something unimaginable. The unthinkable should remain unthinkable. READ MORE #Iran #NuclearWeapons #USForeignPolicy #Hormuz #Geopolitics #China #TacticalNukes ✅@NewEasternOutlook