https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/24/politics/nuclear-program-iran-trump-strike
In March, the US intelligence community assessed that Iran was “not building a nuclear weapon.”
In June, the Trump administration nevertheless launched airstrikes targeting Iran’s nuclear program.
And today, it might strike Iran again over its nuclear ambitions — this time despite President Donald Trump having assured repeatedly that those June airstrikes had “obliterated” its program.
But if Iran actually is that close to having material to make nuclear bombs, that would represent a truly miraculous recovery — at least, to the extent one believes Trump. After all, it was just eight months ago that Trump declared Iran’s nuclear program to have been “obliterated.”
CNN broke the news that an early US intelligence assessment did not back up Trump’s claims. It had found the strikes did not destroy the core components of Iran’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months. (The New York Times reported something similar.)
But Trump has continued to say the nuclear program was obliterated.
This is one of the stupider posts, amongst many.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think happened after the war last year? That the Iranians just sat around and said "Well we guess that's it then. Shut down the program?"
Instead they feverishly started to rebuild it with plenty of help and supplies from Russia and China diverting all their resources even as they ran out of water and electricity. So surprise, surprise, they have rebuilt enough of it to make it a threat again.
So what happens when the current war ends or the next one.
DeleteThe idea is to topple the islamic republic regime.
DeleteSaudi Arabia and UAE also seek this outcome.