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Why does IR need 60% enriched uranium? The moment IR gets nukes, Saudis and all the other countries around them will get nukes as well. I don’t understand why

Why does IR need 60% enriched uranium? The moment IR gets nukes, Saudis and all the other countries around them will get nukes as well. I don’t understand why everyone is so hell bent on not preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. We have enough of this crap already, and the last thing we need is more nukes.

the_gastropod 7mo ago
I think you're missing the crux of the point: why is anything the Trump administration says taken at face value? They have no commitment to the truth, whatsoever. If Iran was on the path to developing nukes, the correct path here was to: 1. Show the evidence to congress, and declare war legally based on the facts. 2. Get international buy-in, and work with our allies (all of whom would very much like to prevent Iran from procuring a nuclear weapon). This was a hastily started war with flimsy goals and seemingly no real urgency. And one of the first things we did as part of our attack was to bomb an elementary school, killing hundreds of children. Critics of this war aren't "hell bent on not preventing the spread of nuclear weapons". We're mostly looking at the situation, and thinking "this is not great".
- reliabilityguy 7mo ago
  > I think you're missing the crux of the point: why is anything the Trump administration says taken at face value? They have no commitment to the truth, whatsoever. No, I am not. It has nothing to do with Trump his abilities to speak only truth or always lie. IAEA itself reported the 60% figure [1]. [1] https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/25/06/gov2025-24.pdf https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/25/06/gov2025-24.pd...
  - the_gastropod 7mo ago
    This is from May 2025. Before we, remember, "completely obliterated" their nuclear facilities. And again, nothing about this justifies the way this war was initiated.

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Why does IR need 60% enriched uranium? The moment IR gets nukes, Saudis and all the other countries around them will get nukes as well. I don’t understand why

by reliabilityguy 7mo ago

the_gastropod 7mo ago
I think you're missing the crux of the point: why is anything the Trump administration says taken at face value? They have no commitment to the truth, whatsoever. If Iran was on the path to developing nukes, the correct path here was to: 1. Show the evidence to congress, and declare war legally based on the facts. 2. Get international buy-in, and work with our allies (all of whom would very much like to prevent Iran from procuring a nuclear weapon). This was a hastily started war with flimsy goals and seemingly no real urgency. And one of the first things we did as part of our attack was to bomb an elementary school, killing hundreds of children. Critics of this war aren't "hell bent on not preventing the spread of nuclear weapons". We're mostly looking at the situation, and thinking "this is not great".
- reliabilityguy 7mo ago
  > I think you're missing the crux of the point: why is anything the Trump administration says taken at face value? They have no commitment to the truth, whatsoever. No, I am not. It has nothing to do with Trump his abilities to speak only truth or always lie. IAEA itself reported the 60% figure [1]. [1] https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/25/06/gov2025-24.pdf https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/25/06/gov2025-24.pd...
  - the_gastropod 7mo ago
    This is from May 2025. Before we, remember, "completely obliterated" their nuclear facilities. And again, nothing about this justifies the way this war was initiated.