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indusurb

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24. Included Gabbard's assessment just for the Trump administration POV
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 11:37 AM
Jun 17

These are those folks that want an excuse to bomb Iran, yet through Gabbard they were admitting they don't have one.
Meanwhile real intelligence is saying, per first paragraph of article, that Iran is three years away. It takes awhile, months, years, using gas centrifuge, even advanced ones that Iran has.

And yes, Iran is going to need a missle or plane delivery system. The notion that they would drive it there is laughable. The sheer weight of the combined bomb and shielding to contain the radiation would be prohibitive, not to mention they would have to cross multiple land borders, many equipped with radiation detection systems to prevent just such a scenario.

And again, Israel has been blowing that imminent threat horn for twenty years now, that Iran was just weeks or months away from a bomb. Why should we believe them now, especially when the intelligence says otherwise?

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Doesn't matter what US intelligence has to say. The US will back up Israel Autumn Jun 17 #1
from around 13 years ago: Celerity Jun 17 #7
Netanyahu has cried "wolf" almost 30 years Ponietz Jun 17 #2
Three years away for a country thats stated foreign policy is wiping Israel off the face of the earth? LexVegas Jun 17 #3
Alrighty then, indusurb Jun 17 #5
Should we have followed the McCain proposal to "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran" Cuthbert Allgood Jun 17 #9
Did you even bother to read the full article? MarineCombatEngineer Jun 17 #4
Oh, I read it indusurb Jun 17 #6
So you did read the whole article and yet you only posted the paragraph that supposedly supported your version. MarineCombatEngineer Jun 17 #8
Lol, Israel has been stating that Iran was about to drop a nuke for twenty years indusurb Jun 17 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author MarineCombatEngineer Jun 17 #11
Why don't you post the text of the article that supports YOUR opinion? House of Roberts Jun 17 #13
Why don't you click on the link to the article and read it yourself? MarineCombatEngineer Jun 17 #18
So your opinion isn't worth sharing? House of Roberts Jun 17 #35
Fine, if that's what you want to do, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 17 #38
The very next paragraph- sarisataka Jun 17 #12
And in the article as well. . . indusurb Jun 17 #14
So now we believe Tulsi Gabbard... how times change sarisataka Jun 17 #16
Included Gabbard's assessment just for the Trump administration POV indusurb Jun 17 #24
Allow me to educate you- sarisataka Jun 17 #28
Wiki, hah, bane of intelligence everywhere indusurb Jun 17 #31
1-2 times that weight sarisataka Jun 17 #39
OK, so you've reached the Israeli border with your 7,200 pound payload, in a semi or large, obvious box truck indusurb Jun 17 #40
Similar check stop 100% sarisataka Jun 17 #41
And what makes you believe that a suicide bomber wouldn't just detonate it at the border of Israel? MarineCombatEngineer Jun 17 #43
With this one, I believe that. MarineCombatEngineer Jun 17 #32
From Tulsi Gaggard? MarineCombatEngineer Jun 17 #20
I thought we hated Tulsi Gabbard? Didn't she love Syria? Heh. nt LexVegas Jun 17 #21
Oh but some loves themselves some Tulsi as long as it casts Israel in a negative light, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 17 #23
What shows? indusurb Jun 17 #25
Don't play coy with me, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 17 #26
Unlike others, I don't assume. indusurb Jun 17 #27
No, you just post misleading threads and include only what supports your thread, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 17 #29
So again, stop beating around the bush indusurb Jun 17 #33
So, again, stop playing coy, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 17 #34
No, actually I don't know what you meant indusurb Jun 17 #37
Paragraphs that the OP purposely left out MarineCombatEngineer Jun 17 #19
It was years. But makes a good excuse. Blue Full Moon Jun 17 #15
Is this another war that Trump said he would stop in 24 hours and all parties would kiss an make up and play nice? Ping Tung Jun 17 #17
FYI, Netanyahu is not a reliable source SocialDemocrat61 Jun 17 #22
Iran has been a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty since 1970. Rob H. Jun 17 #30
Our "leaders" Traildogbob Jun 17 #36
"US Intelligence" Tulsi Gabbard Mountainguy Jun 17 #42
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