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janice shell

04/21/26 12:16 AM

#579179 RE: hap0206 #579178

You would be wrong about all of that. For Muslims, an "infidel"--kafir--is a person who doesn't believe in God. Needless to say, that excludes Christians and Jews. And, for that matter, most other people.

And of course all three are Abrahamic religions, tracing their roots to the old testament. Muslims believe Jesus was a great prophet. Just not the son of God.
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blackhawks

04/21/26 11:12 AM

#579195 RE: hap0206 #579178

No more doubtful than denying Trump access to the nuke codes.

"The Only Winning Move": After exhausting all strategies, WOPR stops the countdown and concludes: "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play". It then famously asks, "How about a nice game of chess?".

Rumored that Trump was denied access to the nuke codes. Give me a parody of something similar with future Iranian military denying access do mullah jihadists. Play up MAD and the inadequacy of the Iranian nuke missile force and the strength of Israeli and U.S missile defenses.

Got it—you’re aiming for satire about internal mistrust, nuclear command-and-control, and the absurdity of “trust us with the apocalypse” politics. I’ll keep it sharp without drifting into anything operational.

BREAKING: “Supreme Access Denied” — Future Iranian Military Politely Declines to Hand the Keys to Armageddon to… Well, Anyone

In a stunning but oddly reassuring development, senior commanders in the Totally Calm and Very Stable Strategic Rocket Branch of Iran have reportedly introduced a new policy: “Two-Man Rule, Three Committees, and One Guy Who Just Says ‘No.’”

The policy, insiders say, is designed to ensure that no enthusiastic late-night speech about destiny, honor, or “pressing the big red destiny button” accidentally turns into a real-world test of Mutually Assured Destruction.

“We take deterrence seriously,” one general explained. “Also, we’ve met some of the people asking for the launch codes.”

New Safeguards Include:

A “Cooler Heads Prevail” biometric scanner that only unlocks if the user’s heart rate drops below “rally speech mode.”

A mandatory viewing of “So You Think You Want Nuclear Winter?”—a 90-minute slideshow narrated by a very disappointed physicist.

A final authorization step requiring a unanimous vote from the Committee for Not Ending Civilization This Afternoon.
Missile Reality Check (Now With Extra Awkwardness)

Sources say part of the hesitation stems from the uncomfortable fact that any hypothetical launch would have to run a gauntlet of defenses from both Israel and the United States—a layered system so robust that one insider described it as:

“Like trying to throw a paper airplane through a hurricane made of radar, interceptors, and extremely motivated engineers.”


Analysts note that modern missile defense systems—think multi-layered interception, early warning, and rapid response—are designed precisely to reduce the likelihood that a limited strike achieves anything beyond triggering a very bad day for everyone involved.

Internal Memo Leak (Definitely Real, Probably)

“While we appreciate the enthusiasm for decisive action,” the memo reads, “we remind all parties that ‘winning’ a nuclear exchange remains an unsolved problem since 1945.”

Strategic Conclusion

Even in parody form, the underlying logic holds: nuclear weapons tend to produce less ‘victory’ and more ‘global catastrophe with no sequel.’ Which is why, in this fictional future, cooler heads—backed by bureaucracy, engineering, and a healthy fear of consequences—decide that maybe the best use of the launch codes is… not using them at all.


Chat GPT🧠

1983, no less. Missiles being launched as though an imaginary AI was behind all of it.