| ▲ | rustyhancock 5 hours ago | |
I don't think we'll see anything close to reliable reporting any time soon. The story of whether Iran had a nuclear program has been reported every which way but loose for the past 6 months. By the time Trump started pushing that they were close to a nuke again, those that claimed he was wrong 6 months ago and the nuclear program was intact. Had started claiming it was in fact destroyed. Gosh that sentence is hard enough to write, but the story is so contolvuted I don't think I can improve it. | ||
| ▲ | GolfPopper 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
"Iran will have a nuclear weapon real soon!" is a claim that has been pushed, particularly by Benjamin Netanyahu for thirty years. https://www.news18.com/world/weeks-away-by-next-spring-video... | ||
| ▲ | defrost an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
I do a mild bit of environmental geophysical radiometrics, that took me to Iran decades ago - it's not a new thing, they've been edging having nuclear deterrance for a good while. Trump ripped up the monitoring agreement - that was unquestionably stupid. He attacked Iran during talks to get that back on track .. that was unbelievably stupid (see: current world state). Had he agreed to have in country monitoring again and had the USofA simply waited it was probable the old hard line core would have withered in time. That's certainly not on the table now, the fanatics are dug in and feel fully justified. On both sides. Incapable of The Deal. | ||
| ▲ | NickC25 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
>The story of whether Iran had a nuclear program has been reported every which way but loose for the past 6 months. 6 months? Try like 35+ years. Bibi has been pushing the "Iran is 2 weeks away from a nuke" narrative since the late 80s. | ||
| ▲ | CamperBob2 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
That Iran had a nuclear program was not in dispute. It was regulated under international supervision based on the terms of Obama's agreement with Iran, which Trump promptly tore up because he has the mental capacity of a fourth-grader. That Iran was on the verge of building bombs was far from clear. Khameini had previously issued a fatwa against doing so, on the grounds that it would be haram, or un-Islamic. All signs suggest that the IRGC was operating in full compliance with that fatwa. I'm sure the remnants of his administration regret that now. | ||