Posted on 06/16/2025 7:40:52 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
The seem to think having a nuclear weapon will change their status.
Indirect tactics have proliferated.
Israel to Iran
“Welcome to the party Pal”
In the words of Max Leslie (played by Monte Markham) in Midway (1976), “Ram it Home Girls!”
They won’t come to the table if the US joins in! That is some funny stuff. If the US joins in, they will have trouble even finding an intact table.
If Netanyahu is smart he’ll accept nothing but full surrender and capitulation to whatever terms Israel wants.
Why is it presumed that Iran wants U-235 rather than Pu-239, of which 99.8% of all nuclear warheads on earth is made?
You want to go with U-235 if you want to disperse your production sites and make them hard to destroy. Pu-239 comes from a reactor which is a big, fixed target.
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That is the point somewhat. The Iranian reactor site is untouched, and the Russians just completed building 2 additional on that same site, with 8 more to follow.
..Iran...their democratically elected government.
is this a parody? Sarcasm? Wit? The great majority of the Iranian people hate the current Islamic regime. They live under a theocratic dictatorship.
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Election was last year with 50% turnout. Where is the evidence the people hate the head of their Shiite religious faction?
Did their policies and goals WRT the destruction of Israel change with the new guy? If not, why not?
There are many Christians in Iran who do not hold with what their government is doing and are the ones being held hostage by their government.
Muslims call themselves "Iranian." Christians call themselves "Persian."
Well, it’s the same populace whose parents and grandparents were brutalized by the US supported Shah.
As for Israel, they are 98% Shiite. They have, for 100s of years, hated Sunnis and that was before Israel ever existed.
Many dictatorships have "elections" with 99% turnout, almost all in favor the party in power. Recall the old Societ Union. They did this regularly.
If you are genuinely interested in learning about how the Iranian people feel about their current government, watch a few of the videos on Tousi TV, a channel comprised of refugee Iranians. Very well done, and in English.
https://tousi.tv/category/latest-news/
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