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Or... nothing will change at all. See the Fordow strike: attack another country, pull out unexpectedly, and pretend nothing ever happened.
by orbital-decay 10mo ago
Or... nothing will change at all. See the Fordow strike: attack another country, pull out unexpectedly, and pretend nothing ever happened.
- jacquesm 10mo agoOh, something changed there. Iran's attitude towards nuclear weapons has changed considerably, and none for the better. They're a deal with Pakistan or Russia away from achieving that.
- int0x2e 10mo agoIran was well on that path anyway. The US strike absolutely did turn Iran from a peaceful actor with no interest in nuclear weapons into a regime bent on acquiring nuclear weapons.
- lukan 10mo agoThey did not capture the Iranian leadership, though.
- roughly 10mo agoAmericans have remarkably short attention spans. In 5 years when Iran is widely acknowledged to have nuclear weapons, you’ll know what changed after Fordrow.
- jacquesm 10mo agoOr when there is an early sunrise somewhere in the Middle East.
- why-o-why 10mo agoI've been hearing "Iran is weeks away from a nuke" since the 1980's. It's almost like that dude who keeps saying, "FSD in my EVs is just months away."
- roughly 10mo agoThat’s correct. The point is that until now Iran has intentionally not built a nuke - they’ve kept themselves within range to make it a credible threat, but they’ve not completed the project because so far the tacit agreement has been that if they don’t build a nuke, the US doesn’t let the Israelis bomb Tehran.
- lvspiff 10mo agoI cant wait for the Monday press conference where the Epstein files are not even brought up again.