Posted on 06/17/2025 2:27:43 PM PDT by RandFan
US President Donald Trump is considering joining Israel to strike Iranian nuclear sites, including in Fordow, sources familiar with the issue are quoted as saying by CBS, the BBC's news partner in the US.
They say this was expected to be discussed in today's meeting in the Situation Room, adding that there is not a full agreement among Trump's closest advisers.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
I think decisions have been made. This is bad, Mr. President. No War: Stop the War.
Let’s bring back John Bolton while we’re at it. I can’t believe that Trump is being suckered into the same old neocon scam.
Of course it’s one of the many things that are probably being discussed and considered.
Do you take everything you read as gospel?
So Israel created a fait accompli, knowing that once it started a war, its lobby would be strong enough to drag America in, with Trump (his ego being what it is) pretending it's what he wanted all along.
The march to War is sometimes irresitible but the consequences long lasting (typically). Trump will be getting: it’s “easy” and it’ll be over by morning type garbage from the State department permanent Warmongers!
No nukes Iran! No missiles Iran!
Yeah they should stay completely defenseless and pummelled by Israel every night for their troubles
It’s the BBC.
Trying to stir the pot .
The US should stay out. We are simply too vulnerable and have let in too many bad people.
At this point most of the high percentage U-235 probably is in solid form and is hidden away in dozens of containers dispersed in an area about the size of Texas.
Enough centrifuges to enrich to bomb grade U-235 probably have also been hidden away.
Coercion to surrender the U-235 and the centrifuges can probably be done by the Israelis themselves via gradual decapitation of the regime.
It’s lucky we have so many Bush era advisors around who have so much experience with causing regime change in the Middle East.
IU think anything will be a “limited operation” personally I think its been decided the way the briefing is going
I HOPE NOT
This will put US and UK lives in danger for sure.
They will hit back in some fashion
Red Alert going off in Israel, again.
Trump does not get suckered
All they need is to destroy the nuclear plants.
So why not deliver the munitions to Israel to deliver.
If Israel doesn’t have the planes to deliver the munitions—then let them borrow one of the US planes.
If the planes have classified stuff then get something in writing from netanyaho and Israeli defense and intelligence chiefes not to reverse engineer the US stuff and then make sure there are American minders around the equipment until it is returned to US hands.
Train the best Israeli pilots fast on the planes. I’m sure there are simulators somewhere.
Its should be an easy flight and bomb drop to Iran.
There will be likely no one killed. Just a couple of imploded mountains.
Iranians at these high value defenseless targets will have long since evacuated.
>> Yeah they should stay completely defenseless and pummelled by Israel every night for their troubles
I know you meant it as a smartass remark, but in truth it’s about the only sane comment I’ve heard out of you.
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Completely, totally, permanently neuter Iran, Israel! With our materiel help if necessary.
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He hired Bolton once... didn’t he? He was talked into taking Mike Pence for VP, wasn’t he? The man makes mistakes like the rest of us.
>> [Iran] will hit back in some fashion
Oh please. Like they haven’t ALREADY for freaking DECADES “hit” America and Americans.
He has to. American cities might be bombed at some indeterminate future time. /s
Donald Trump is a bold, intelligent leader who sees the world clearly.
He knows that defending Israel isn’t just about standing with an ally — it’s about defending America’s own security and interests.
Iran is not just a hostile nation — it’s a radical Islamic regime whose constitution has the destruction of Israel written in stone. That’s not a metaphor — it’s their declared mission. And they are relentlessly working toward that goal, including the pursuit of nuclear weapons.
This is not just Israel’s fight. This is about preventing a global threat from gaining the power to unleash mass destruction. President Trump understands that.
Now is the time for courage.
Now is the time to lead.
Trump must stand with Israel — with freedom, with civilization — and ensure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. Period.
Smarten up you jerk.
America First means destroying Iran
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