R. Scott (i47i) 20h ago

Nuclear weapons experts are warning that the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, ostensibly launched to prevent the country from obtaining nuclear weapons, may have instead made an Iranian bomb more likely.

> That is because prior to the war, Iran was held back not by technical constraints but diplomatic considerations, say two nuclear weapons experts who were involved in past U.S. efforts to sanction and contain the country.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/iran-nuclear-bomb-united-states-war-9.7147664 #Iran

ANALYSIS | Iran's nuclear constraints were more diplomatic than technical. Then the bombs started dropping | CBC News

Nuclear weapons experts who were involved in U.S. efforts to sanction and contain Iran say the decision to attack the country is more likely to restart its nuclear program than dismantle it. A regime that previously believed that pausing at a "threshold" stage of 60 per cent enrichment would protect it from attack has learned that is not the case.

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@i47i I love how the threat of a nuclear Iran was a plot in a 2004 episode of The West Wing (ironically the nuke in question turned out to be Israeli), and Netanyahu had been shrieking that Iran was "a week away" for over a decade at that point. And now two criminals have pushed them closer to it for no other reason than to keep themselves out of jail. Are we great yet? I'm tired of all this winning.
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