The ancient Greek tragedian, Aeschylus, famously said "Truth is the first casualty of war." We best take the public statements from Trump/Hegseth and Khamenei with a spoonful of salt.
From Murtaza's comprehensive report, a few things seem are likely true:
1. Iran's nuclear program has been damaged, but not decimated,; it can rebuild in a few months;
2) Israel will continue its assassinations and periodic bombings of Iran, and try to lure Trump into exerting American military muscle.
Meanwhile some questions remain unanswered because they haven't been asked:
1) Israel has acquired nuclear weapons without signing the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and demands Iran cannot do what Israel did -- on what basis?
2) Trump abandoned the 2015 Iran nuclear deal signed by Iran and all 5 U.N. Security Council members, and now has the temerity to bomb them and force them to agree to a lesser deal. Does Trump really expect them to do that?
If we are a democratic and open society, we ought to be loudly asking these questions.
We look to Drop Site and other independent media to raise such questions because the corporate media is mum. AIPAC got their tongue.
Put yourself in the shoes of an Iranian, any Iranian, be it political, military, or everyday citizen, and try to imagine how you would feel about the country that overthrew your democratically elected government (in the ‘50s), install a brutal dictator who murdered, tortured and stole, backed a 10 year war (by Iraq) against your sovereign nation, nearly choaked the life out of your country with sanctions for decades, backed another nation (Israel) to attack and murder your citizens in their beds, and lastly (only for the moment) bombed your peaceful nuclear program (in compliance with all international laws and treaties). Now tell me that you see no reason for acquiring nuclear weapons.
it takes a special kind of moron to credulously claim it's been "totally obliterated." - but this is what is claimed when the ultimate goal has nothing to do with any kind of nuclear program
Iran needs a nuclear weapon. Then the US and maybe Israel would leave it alone.
What kind of hypocrits are we, who have over 200 nuclear weapons, to tell Iran it cannot have any?
Of course, it would be best if all countries got rid of all their nuclear weapons.
Two hundreded?? We have many thousands!
Thank you. i was not aware.
Israel has in the range of 200 by itself
OK.
The ancient Greek tragedian, Aeschylus, famously said "Truth is the first casualty of war." We best take the public statements from Trump/Hegseth and Khamenei with a spoonful of salt.
From Murtaza's comprehensive report, a few things seem are likely true:
1. Iran's nuclear program has been damaged, but not decimated,; it can rebuild in a few months;
2) Israel will continue its assassinations and periodic bombings of Iran, and try to lure Trump into exerting American military muscle.
Meanwhile some questions remain unanswered because they haven't been asked:
1) Israel has acquired nuclear weapons without signing the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and demands Iran cannot do what Israel did -- on what basis?
2) Trump abandoned the 2015 Iran nuclear deal signed by Iran and all 5 U.N. Security Council members, and now has the temerity to bomb them and force them to agree to a lesser deal. Does Trump really expect them to do that?
If we are a democratic and open society, we ought to be loudly asking these questions.
We look to Drop Site and other independent media to raise such questions because the corporate media is mum. AIPAC got their tongue.
Put yourself in the shoes of an Iranian, any Iranian, be it political, military, or everyday citizen, and try to imagine how you would feel about the country that overthrew your democratically elected government (in the ‘50s), install a brutal dictator who murdered, tortured and stole, backed a 10 year war (by Iraq) against your sovereign nation, nearly choaked the life out of your country with sanctions for decades, backed another nation (Israel) to attack and murder your citizens in their beds, and lastly (only for the moment) bombed your peaceful nuclear program (in compliance with all international laws and treaties). Now tell me that you see no reason for acquiring nuclear weapons.
it takes a special kind of moron to credulously claim it's been "totally obliterated." - but this is what is claimed when the ultimate goal has nothing to do with any kind of nuclear program
If Iran had neuclear weapons it would probably bring peace to the Middle EAST.
Instead of dictating and intimidating there would be negotiating.