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Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program Isn’t Dead Yet
National Security Journal ^ | 6/23/2025 | Michael Rubin

Posted on 06/23/2025 7:31:01 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111

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Would Russia really do it?
1 posted on 06/23/2025 7:31:01 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
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To: whyilovetexas111

Regime change is the only way. Israel showed some creative ways this could be sparked today with its tactical bombings in Tehran.


2 posted on 06/23/2025 7:34:55 AM PDT by montag813
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To: whyilovetexas111

“Would Russia really do it?”

Directly? No need. They would let the coolies do it aka their chained pitbull wannabe.


3 posted on 06/23/2025 7:36:49 AM PDT by plain talk
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Israel to the west and Pakistan to the east already have nuclear weapons so...

But I perceive Iran as a second front of the Ukraine War Putin will calculate carefully but resist regime change in Iran.

A new gov’t creating unfriendliness to Russia on its southern flank.

Trump hoping to provoke Iran to attack Americans so he can finish off the current regime.


4 posted on 06/23/2025 7:37:07 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER REV; NIEMOLLER)
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“Would Russia really do it?”

Never. The mullahs hate the Russians almost as much as they hate us. They’d be just as likely to use one on Moscow. Putin has been slaughtering islamist savages for over a decade.

So have the ChiComs.

L


5 posted on 06/23/2025 7:37:30 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: whyilovetexas111

Russia is spewing garbage. Vlad wouldn’t give those towel head/goat humpers a nuke. North Korea on the other hand...


6 posted on 06/23/2025 7:37:47 AM PDT by ChuckHam
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The Pakis will sell them nukes and maybe NORK’S. Trump’s job as i saw it was to keep these guys out of it. Well he chose another route.


7 posted on 06/23/2025 7:38:01 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: whyilovetexas111

Any planes or ships carrying missles are targets.


8 posted on 06/23/2025 7:41:38 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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“The Pakis will sell them nukes and maybe NORK’S.”

And you know this how? Logic would reveal that if they could or would they would have already done so. Much easier for Iran to buy nukes on the sly than spend decades trying to make them out in the open, as it were.


9 posted on 06/23/2025 7:42:21 AM PDT by odawg
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To: whyilovetexas111

Study up on the Cuban missile crisis.

Russia China NORKS won’t do this because theycan never trust the host country. They would position them and maintain complete control. Just like we did with nukes in Germany. Because if they give nukes to Iran and Iran uses them then they too would be placed in our bomb sights. There would be no choice. We could not let Russia threaten us via a proxy they armed.

That said. It seems inevitable that nukes will spread. I’m sure India would like a few to offset Pakistan. The western world lives under our very shaky umbrella except for UK and France.

That said, never in the history of warfare has a weapon not matter how terrible not been used.


10 posted on 06/23/2025 7:43:24 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: whyilovetexas111

Any such warhead would be labeled Smirnoff, made of glass, and be empty.


11 posted on 06/23/2025 7:43:24 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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I would worry about the Norks first. The Pakis don’t like the Iranians much; the whole Sunni-vs-Shia thing.


12 posted on 06/23/2025 7:48:29 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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“I’m sure India would like a few to offset Pakistan.”

India already has nuclear weapons.


13 posted on 06/23/2025 7:52:10 AM PDT by Orosius
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To: whyilovetexas111

The forever war tools just wont give it a rest. The pay is too good to quit.


14 posted on 06/23/2025 7:55:03 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program Isn’t Dead Yet

What a surprise!

15 posted on 06/23/2025 7:55:29 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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President Trump should make it clear that the United States will, in turn, provide nuclear weapons or station intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Russia’s own neighboring countries, such as Ukraine, Poland, or Kazakhstan, to re-establish deterrence.

This is simply idiotic. There is no such thing as "deterrence" to suicidal maniacs like the mullahs.

16 posted on 06/23/2025 7:57:26 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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There are those in Russia that most likely would give Iran nuclear weapons, but I seriously doubt that Putin will. Putin is not a stupid man. He knows that giving Iran a nuclear weapon and when Iran fired it off, it would be seen by the world as Russia firing a nuclear weapon, then WWIII is on for real, and it will become an all out nuclear war.

This is stupid talk, It's also why forcing Russia into a proxy war was the most stupid geopolitical blunder that this nation has even made. Elections results have consequences, while stolen election results have serious consequences.

17 posted on 06/23/2025 8:04:51 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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It’s clear to me that most every civilized nation is fearful of what will happen should Iran develop a nuclear weapon ... they’ll use it and screw the consequences of doing so.


18 posted on 06/23/2025 8:07:05 AM PDT by glennaro (2025: The year of America's rebirth as a Great (and Free) Republic)
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To: Orosius

Yeah. My bad.


19 posted on 06/23/2025 8:08:49 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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no they wouldn’t be so dumb..
bigger issue is that IAEA is reporting that enriched fuel was removed.
IDF and the US had to be aware of that.
IDF claims to know where it is..
I hope they can deal with it!


20 posted on 06/23/2025 8:12:01 AM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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