As a European center/moderate kind of person I agree with the US POTUS about this one thing: Iran can not be allowed to build nuclear weapons.

I personally don’t buy the line of thought that Iran has no such ambitions; YMMV.

Whether this war is effective at stopping that is another question.

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insane_dreamer 7 hours ago | parent [-]

They had an agreement that was working which Trump tore up and then went to war on Israel’s behalf. So it was largely a solved problem until Trump created the problem.

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drnick1 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Clearly, it wasn't working if they needed to hide their activities in underground bunkers. The plan for the Iranians has always been to buy time and obtain sanctions relief while secretly using the money to fund nuclear technology and build missiles. The only durable solution here is the collapse of the terrorist regime and disarmament of the county.

	▲	Hikikomori 44 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It was working, as US intelligence agencies testified to in congress as Trump ripped up the deal. Then trump put heavy sanctions on them and they restarted their enrichment program.

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lysace 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There are two perspectives here:

Americans like you (I rudely assume) care more about US domestic policies than I do.

Foreigners like me care more about global stability compared to US domestic policies.

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someotherperson 6 hours ago | parent [-]

"Foreigners like me care more about global stability" yes so continue to rain bombs on the middle east, accept their poorest as refugees, and continue to support Israeli expansion. All of this leads to global stability. It's definitely not the reason behind global instability.

European takes are usually the funniest. It's literal racism (as in, one race is better than the other) but it's packaged in such a ridiculous way that you somehow suggest that it's doing others a favor.

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lysace 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Lots of odd assumptions there.

As an example:

I was out on the streets protesting the 2003 GWB Iraq invasion war. It was mostly obvious before the invasion that the cause was bogus. It was later proven to be bogus.

And you seem to have this way of boiling literally everything down to some sort of unspecified racism.

	▲	someotherperson 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Lots of odd assumptions there. No assumptions, it's all fact. > I was out on the streets protesting the 2003 GWB Iraq invasion war You mean the war that all the European countries participated in? How about Libya? Syria? or the various conflicts in Israel? Surely you also opposed what's happening in Yemen right? > And you seem to have this way of boiling literally everything down to some sort of unspecified racism Suggesting 'we are trustworthy to have nuclear capabilities, but those other people are not' is racist, yeah. Considering the most crackpot nations responsible for most of the global instability and suffering over the last few centuries are also the ones who seem to think they can decide who can and can't utilize energy sources. Let me know when you show similar concern about Israel.