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Why an Attack on Fordow Could Be a Strategic Gift to Iran
National Security Journal ^
| 6/19/2025
| Andrew Latham
Posted on 06/19/2025 10:15:38 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
An Israeli strike on Iran’s hardened Fordow nuclear facility would not necessarily trigger an immediate, apocalyptic war but could instead be flipped to Iran’s strategic advantage. Rather than a suicidal retaliation, Tehran would likely respond with “retaliation in layers”: deniable proxy attacks, cyber-attacks, and maritime harassment.
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Will they attack it? Who knows, this just keeps getting worse. Maybe Trump can stop the madness.
To: whyilovetexas111
Like it was said a couple of days ago...
“Ruhollah Khomeini is a jihadist and Donald Trump just wants to buy the world a coke.”
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posted on
06/19/2025 10:20:03 AM PDT
by
Clutch Martin
("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't taking no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
To: whyilovetexas111
The goal needs to be the elimination of the Islamic Republic of Iran with as little damage as possible to the Persian people.
To: whyilovetexas111
Tehran would likely respond with “retaliation in layers”: deniable proxy attacks, cyber-attacks, and maritime harassment.
What? They would never do any of these things! It's not like there's any historic evidence of such behavior. Iran has never harassed our ships (even recently), or used any other proxy groups to attack our interests or those of any of its neighbors. They haven't ever built and used IEDs to kill and maim U.S. service members, and they've never even taken any Americans hostage before. Lunacy.
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posted on
06/19/2025 10:26:26 AM PDT
by
SunStar
(Democrats piss me off!)
To: whyilovetexas111
Iran’s leaders will be retiring.
They have a choice between doing so above or below ground.
To: whyilovetexas111
These kinds of speculative concern articles are neglect the fact that Iran has been throwing everything it has against Israel since October 7 and it is running out of weapons and proxy warriors.
At this point, short of an undisclosed nuclear, radio logical or bio weapon, what exactly does Iran have left to attack Israel or the US?
If Iran were able to produce a nuclear weapon, Fordow would be one of the only places left to do it so it seems logical that if we wish to prevent a seriously retaliation,putting this site out of commission would the smart thing to do.
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posted on
06/19/2025 10:29:08 AM PDT
by
rdcbn1
(TV )
To: johniegrad
Exactly. Bet the new Iran will be very pro Trump. Bad news for Russia.
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posted on
06/19/2025 10:32:12 AM PDT
by
rrrod
(6)
To: rdcbn1
Activate local sleeper cells. They could do a lot of damage.
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posted on
06/19/2025 10:34:37 AM PDT
by
ealgeone
To: johniegrad
The goal needs to be the elimination of the Islam.ic Republic of Iran with as little damage as possible to the Persian people
Fixed. 😉
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posted on
06/19/2025 10:35:04 AM PDT
by
Bratch
To: Bratch
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posted on
06/19/2025 10:35:24 AM PDT
by
newfreep
("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
To: whyilovetexas111
Trump is the first president in my lifetime who is genuinely anti-war.
If anyone can minimize the damage, it’s him.
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posted on
06/19/2025 10:36:41 AM PDT
by
absalom01
(You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more. You should never wish to do less.)
To: whyilovetexas111
This sounds like “PLEASE don’t destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities. They need those to threaten Israel”.
To: whyilovetexas111
I am work right now.
And I will have some fun with this Mr. Latham.
Later.
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posted on
06/19/2025 10:40:08 AM PDT
by
Widget Jr
(9/11 🇺🇸 7/7 🇬🇧 11M 🇪🇸 26/11 🇮🇳 10/7 🇮🇱)
To: newfreep
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posted on
06/19/2025 10:40:34 AM PDT
by
Bratch
To: SunStar
So many just don’t get it. They ignore facts.
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posted on
06/19/2025 10:41:25 AM PDT
by
Fledermaus
("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
To: SunStar
Really? What a ridiculous article - nothing new here and they act like this has never been attempted by anyone (much less Iran). Such a joke -
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posted on
06/19/2025 10:41:26 AM PDT
by
linedrive
( )
To: Bratch
The “Thank you” was a nice touch...and typical Trump!
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posted on
06/19/2025 10:41:35 AM PDT
by
newfreep
("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
To: newfreep
Cruel and unusual punishment!
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posted on
06/19/2025 10:43:19 AM PDT
by
Mi-kha-el
((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
To: newfreep
I DONT think we want to destroy the entire country!
To: whyilovetexas111
No need to attack it or it would already have happened.
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posted on
06/19/2025 10:45:37 AM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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