Denis Buckley4h ago
R. Scott (i47i) 

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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Show threadThe Doctor7h ago
@i47i What a shock. :|
Show threadAnnelies Kamran, Ph.D.7h ago

@i47i @cstross well duh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(I know you know that but my god I can't believe the dumb)

Show threadAndrew Deacon7h ago
@i47i Come on, any country that can build nuclear weapons is going to go all out to make them as protection from America. Good anti-proliferation move Mr. President!
Show threadDressToKILT7h ago
@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.
Show threadJon PENNYCOOK7h ago
@i47i Trump has said that Putin and Kim are his great friends, and Trump hasn't tried to depose them or bomb their countries in the name of a peace prize, so I imagine Iran thinks that following their lead is a good idea.
Show threadFazal Majid5h ago

@i47i Khamenei senior had issued a fatwa banning nuclear weapons as unislamic. His son is not bound by this opinion.

Also the non-proliferation treaty has an out in case of being attacked like this, so they could legally abandon the treaty. Article X.1:

"Each Party shall in exercising its national sovereignty have the right to withdraw from the Treaty if it decides that extraordinary events, related to the subject matter of this Treaty, have jeopardized the supreme interests of its country. It shall give notice of such withdrawal to all other Parties to the Treaty and to the United Nations Security Council three months in advance. Such notice shall include a statement of the extraordinary events it regards as having jeopardized its supreme interests."

Show threadChuck4h ago
@i47i Ah yes, Russia and Ukraine teaching the world that if they don't have nuclear weapons they at risk of someone who does have them randomly deciding to invade their country. It makes me ill.