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You didn't have to take their word for it. It was self-evident from the fact they never did anything like this before, and now they are. Notably, the previous

You didn't have to take their word for it. It was self-evident from the fact they never did anything like this before, and now they are. Notably, the previous guy issued a religious decree against the development of nuclear weapons. Despite American's favorite propaganda tool for manufacturing consent, "but the WMDs", we have no reason to believe that was ever actually being violated. But you'd better believe it will be now if they think they can pull it off.

mytailorisrich 7mo ago
There is a difference between not doing something and being unable to do something. Clearly there were able but only showed it now and their previous claim was BS (again, assuming those missiles did fly "far"). No-one believes that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons, either... or that they wouldn't if they had developed the capability.
gambutin 7mo ago
Ayatollah Khomeini admitted that he had lied about plans to make Iran democratic. This practice is known as taqqiya. It’s ok to lie if you’re deceiving the enemy.
- subscribed 7mo ago
  Did he also released a religious decree stating as much? Because otherwise you're comparing apples to mushrooms. Not even themselves kingdom.
rayiner 7mo ago
Do the missiles Iran has been raining down on other countries for decades not count as WMDs?
- jl6 7mo ago
  No. There’s a definition from the UN here if you’re interested: https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/UNHQ/9626F6CEB2A92C9B85256A0000078872 https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/UNHQ/9626F6CEB2A92C9B8...
- oa335 7mo ago
  No. “ A weapon of mass destruction is a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, or other device that is intended to harm a large number of people” https://www.dhs.gov/topics/weapons-mass-destruction https://www.dhs.gov/topics/weapons-mass-destruction.
  - mhb 7mo ago
    As many like to say, quantity has a quality of its own.
    - oa335 7mo ago
      Orwellian semantic games…Iran didn’t have a WMD, so now we will modify the definition of WMD.
- sebastiennight 7mo ago
  AFAICT, not by any commonly accepted definition of WMD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_of_mass_destruction#Definitions_of_the_term https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_of_mass_destruction#Def...
- subscribed 7mo ago
  Oh, that would be quite a spin. We can probably see it in the Faux News soon.

mytailorisrich 7mo ago

There is a difference between not doing something and being unable to do something. Clearly there were able but only showed it now and their previous claim was BS (again, assuming those missiles did fly "far"). No-one believes that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons, either... or that they wouldn't if they had developed the capability.

gambutin 7mo ago

Ayatollah Khomeini admitted that he had lied about plans to make Iran democratic. This practice is known as taqqiya. It’s ok to lie if you’re deceiving the enemy.

subscribed 7mo ago
Did he also released a religious decree stating as much? Because otherwise you're comparing apples to mushrooms. Not even themselves kingdom.

rayiner 7mo ago

Do the missiles Iran has been raining down on other countries for decades not count as WMDs?

jl6 7mo ago
No. There’s a definition from the UN here if you’re interested: https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/UNHQ/9626F6CEB2A92C9B85256A0000078872 https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/UNHQ/9626F6CEB2A92C9B8...
oa335 7mo ago
No. “ A weapon of mass destruction is a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, or other device that is intended to harm a large number of people” https://www.dhs.gov/topics/weapons-mass-destruction https://www.dhs.gov/topics/weapons-mass-destruction.
- mhb 7mo ago
  As many like to say, quantity has a quality of its own.
  - oa335 7mo ago
    Orwellian semantic games…Iran didn’t have a WMD, so now we will modify the definition of WMD.
sebastiennight 7mo ago
AFAICT, not by any commonly accepted definition of WMD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_of_mass_destruction#Definitions_of_the_term https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_of_mass_destruction#Def...
subscribed 7mo ago
Oh, that would be quite a spin. We can probably see it in the Faux News soon.