But are they? We kept hearing over and over again that Iran was close to having nuclear weapons. After a while one gets skeptical.
First they tried to build a nuclear reactor to enrich materials, and that was blown up.
Then, they tried a vast underground centrifuge facility, which was sabotaged and wrecked.
Then they tried an isolated underground centrifuge facility with samples verified to >60% and at least one to 83%, which was bombed and the entrances collapsed.
Then as a start to negotiations they said they still had 400kg of 60% materials, and began both to dig out the collapsed facilities and to begin even deeper facilities likely beyond conventional means of attack.
And you doubt them why?
Jonathan Swift — The Art of Political Lying (1710)
Son, that quote of mine needs a bigger font and a more prominent view.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard gave a different assessment.
We went through all of this with Iraq. After a while it’s natural to be skeptical about the boy who cries wolf.