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U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites

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Re: U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites

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Post by l33tbro »

A superpower being beholden to Netanyahu's impulses beggars belief. Israel, their client state, acts out in aggression against its neighbour against US advice. The US bails them out and takes the fallout now. Astounding.

Re: U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites

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Post by mikewarot »

markus_zhang wrote: post #69

OK what was done was done. What should we expect the political fallout in Iran?

It's my suspicion that most of the 60% enriched material was moved prior to the attack(Edit: which recent statements from Iran seem to support), and now undergoing enrichment to 90% in a facility the US doesn't know about. Enrichment gets easier as the percentage goes up.

I expect (ok, I WORRY) a major US city to have a nuke set off in it by Iran within the next 5 years.

It didn't have to be this way, we had a working treaty and inspections regime until Trump pulled us out of it.

Decades of effort to prohibit nuclear proliferation have just gone down the toilet.

EDIT: Ya'll are right, the idea of them doing a test and going public makes a lot more sense.

Re: U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites

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Post by anonu »

A consequential night for Israel: peace for many decades to come. I worry, however, that peace through bombing is not a permanent solution. Peace comes through diplomacy. Ideology does not die in the rubble.
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