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At the end of the day the would like to have their sanctions removed in exchange for shutting down their nuclear program. And it also feeds the narrative of bee
by chefkoch 6y ago
At the end of the day the would like to have their sanctions removed in exchange for shutting down their nuclear program.
And it also feeds the narrative of beeing the victim of the other states beeing the aggressors.
- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> feeds the narrative of beeing the victim of the other states beeing the aggressors Does it? Someone blew up my secret nuclear enrichment facility isn’t exactly an endearing pitch.
- effie 6y agoIt isn't secret at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natanz#Nuclear_facility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natanz#Nuclear_facility
- laurent92 6y agoStupid question, but why isn’t it bombed (or all trucks coming/leaving targeted)? As far as I know, it is “illegal” (whatever the international equivalent is) to attempt to acquire the nuclear bomb. Which triggers the question, how did France obtain leniency from international powers when it gave the nuclear bomb to Israel in the 1960ies? Who decides what is legal? And who decides that Iran’s facility is not “slated for immediate removal”, given it seems USA is down to targeting cigarette smugglers with drones in other countries, and nuclear bomb seems a bit more threatening?
- Jonnax 6y agoWhat is illegal between nations? Countries may be part of the UN but they're not regions of a global government. What you're describing are acts of war.
- raducu 6y agoWhy do you think it's not bombed? If it was that easy, Israel would have done it.
- ghostshell89 6y agoIts like Iraq, Israel sends the Americans to die en masse for their geopolitical goals. Iran is a formidable enemy and would be able to do significant damage with their missiles. Why risk it when your AIPAC buddies will get Americans to die for you?
- FreshFries 6y ago"created: 19 minutes ago" You create an account to just post some political comments or to stir the hornet nest?
- ghostshell89 6y agoNothing I said is controversial, if you want to read about Israel’s strong influence on US middle east policy, I suggest the seminal work by Meatsheimer and Walt.
- tome 6y agoMearsheimer and Walt is nothing if not controversial!
- mike_d 6y ago> but why isn’t it bombed (or all trucks coming/leaving targeted)? You mean like killing enough scientists who work at the facility that it ends up with its own Wikipedia article? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Iranian_nuclear_scientists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Iranian_nucle...
- chefkoch 6y agoIt isn't bombed because it's not that easy, as Iran has sophisticated anti aircraft capabilities like the S-300. And as the area is already a powder keg there is no deniability with aircrafts or cruise missiles flying across closely monitored borders. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Defense_Force https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air...
- tomjen3 6y agoIt is only illegal if you signed the nuclear non prolifiration treaty. Anyway Iran with the bomb is a good thing if you don't want another war in the middle-east.
- totalZero 6y agoWMD was the casus belli for the Iraq War, and look how that worked out. Israel has performed one-off airstrikes in the past (look up the Osirak reactor project).
- redis_mlc 6y ago> they would like to have their sanctions removed in exchange for shutting down their nuclear program. They would like to have their sanctions removed while keeping their nuclear program - there is no scenario where Iran will stop short of having ICBMs.
- chefkoch 6y agoExept that there was no evidence that they broke the nuclear agreement when all signature states where still adhering it.