I understand the cynicism. I don't expect that. But I do think it guarantees strikes against the United States. And it's hard to say we don't deserve them when we do things like this.
Not cynical, just inaccurate; nukes can't really fit in a suitcase let alone a briefcase. As someone mentioned before, it'll probably be a bioweapon.
Most of the intelligence agencies (including US) had determined that Iran had NOT decided to construct nuclear weapons, and were NOT constructing nuclear weapons. They were developing the resources that would allow them to do so if they decided to. They were in the position that they could produce weapons grade uranium within weeks / months. There is still a big step between producing weapons grade uranium and constructing nuclear weapons. Remember that of the eight countries who have possessed nuclear weapons (not counting ex soviet states) one has decommissioned their weapons and only one has ever used them. Almost certainly the main intent of Iran in obtaining a nuclear weapon would be to deter the sort of attack that it is undergoing. To repeat Iran is the only country to have been attacked by WMD since WW2. Also to repeat Khamenei (the supreme leader) has been consistently against their development and use, which is probably why there was no attempt to assassinate him as there is no guarantee a successor would have the same view.
If nukes was not their goal, why enrich uranium to 60%? There is no civilian use for 60% HEU.
To prove they could? As a bargaining chip? To improve their technological capabilities? The fact is that is that all the evidence presented says they didn't even have a functional bomb program let alone being weeks away from building one. All Trump has done is further destabilize the Middle East and increase the risks to US citizens around the world.
I'm not white washing Iran. But: "As of 2025, Natanz is enriching uranium up to 60% U-235, a level approaching weapons-grade." (wikipedia) So, 60% is not weapons grade. And there are steps after you get 90%.
Surely Iran understands that enrichment to 60% would scare the crap out of the USA and Israel, causing them to consider military action. If they kept enrichment levels to purely civilian numbers, 4%, they would have a damn good argument that their intentions are purely peaceful.
And there is the question of how much of that work was done after Trump tore up the previous deal.
And they did understand that and signed a deal agreeing not. They stuck to the deal, then Trump unilaterally tore it up giving them no incentive not to enrich it further. And again unless there has been some radical change in the evidence since March they weren't trying to go further and weren't working on a bomb. There was precisely zero threat of an Iranian bomb and so there was zero practical reason for either Israel or the USA to bomb Iran's nuclear sites.
Israel maybe. But why would it scare the US? Are you afraid of Russia? How about former Soviet Republics? India? Pakistan? China? North Korea?
Dress rehearsals for trumps proposal of migrant fight UFC?
The Hunger Games. American Style.
None of those nations are funding and arming religious nutcase militias that have killed thousands of people and call for other nations to be destroyed on a daily basis.
Really? Do you believe all the crap you read? Yes, the four former Soviet Republics other than Russia agreed to give up the nuclear weapons they said they had, But how do you know that they all did?
You dont? You think a nation that is relatively poor. A nation that yes, most definitely has supported rogue elements that with very little in the way of a nuclear weapons program is of greater concern than Russia? Not a concern because Trump is Putin's bitch maybe?Ok.
