Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told Congress that the U.S. intelligence community had concluded that Iran had not developed nuclear weapons nor did it intend to do so. Then, without explanation, Trump said he agreed with Israel that Iran was weeks away from doing so. Next, the U.S. bombed Iran’s nuclear research sites, which the U.S. claimed had been totally destroyed. But a leaked DIA report indicated that damage was minimal, Iran’s enriched uranium had been removed, and the airstrike had only set Iran back by a few months. Finally, Trump denied the DIA report too, announced Iran’s nuclear program dead, and signaled a willingness to negotiate with Iran about normalization. Who can follow all this? Certainly not Netanyahu, who seems to have been conned by Trump into having to state that Iran no longer poses a threat.
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Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The TMI Show" talk show. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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Few people are yelling and screaming about killing scientists in Iran because their background and work enabled nuclear technology. If these individuals were not actively engaging then they should not have been targets. This is akin to killing an engineer because they have the knowledge to develop a super invisible killer drone. Or killing a mega theoretical physicist because they are working toward an anti gravity system that could be used against you. The world should be screaming about these targeted murders.
This is akin to killing an engineer with the knowledge to develop a super invisible killer drone who is also screaming DEATH TO AMERICA! Or killing a mega theoretical physicist (that sounds impressive!) because they are working toward an anti gravity system that could be used against you while also screaming DEATH TO AMERICA!
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Were they screaming “DEATH TO AMERICA”? Or “DEATH TO ISRAEL”?
What if they weren’t but still had the knowledge to build such things? Did they want to build those things? Did they actively engage in building them? Did they maybe design and build the thing but secretly leave a small thermal exhaust port only two meters wide right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the nuclear facility and it’s the size of a womp rat. Maybe I’m mixing up thinfs.
…maybe they’re screaming “death to America/Israel” (hard to tell the difference between them) because Usrael overthrew their elected President in 1953 and replaced him with a tyrant who was only too happy to allow Western megacorps to steal the country’s resources while impoverishing and oppressing the people of Iran and the rest of the Middle East. This American would like to see the America that perpetrates such stunts die, too.
Iran’s spiritually-guided leaders decided in 2002, more or less, that nuclear weapons are immoral because they kill too many innocent people, so they stopped their nuclear weapons development program. The IAEA confirms that Iran has not had an active bomb-building program since then. The REAL reason USrael wants regime change in Iran is to break up their partnership with BRICS and China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which just initiated the first Tehran to Beijing railway service.