Posted on 06/22/2025 6:12:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Following the Iranian revolution that created the present regime in 1979, Iran found itself in possession of much of the infrastructure that formed the basis of its nuclear weapons program. In 1974, the Shah announced his intention to "produce roughly 23,000 megawatts of electrical power from a series of nuclear power stations within 20 years," according to a history of Iran's nuclear program compiled by Iran Watch.
The U.S., the French, and several other Western European countries, eager to get in the Shah's good graces and keep the oil flowing, supplied the Iranians with a lot of what they needed to jump-start a nuclear program.
The Germans built two reactors at Bushehr, and the French supplied two additional, smaller reactors. By 1979, Iran had invested $1 billion in an enrichment plant and had begun to master the nuclear fuel cycle of enriching uranium into a usable fuel for reactors.
By the early 1990s, Russia and China (with North Korean technicians) were accelerating Iran's bomb development. Everything was going well for Iran and it was on track to possess a nuclear weapon sometime in the early 2000s.
The 9/11 attacks on America changed that. George W. Bush showed America's resolve to do battle with terrorist-supporting states in Iraq, and the Muslim fanatics in Iran decided to hold off on production of a weapon. However, research into enrichment, bomb design, and other related issues that were necessary to build a weapon of mass destruction continued.
While the CIA was telling presidents that the Iranians had stopped trying to build a bomb in 2003 after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, work continued on a bomb until the window to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon closed.
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They were too smart to act on it, given that Iran was nowhere near being able to produce a nuke. What happened to America First? Did Netanyahu shake his car keys in front of the President?
Trump’s action does not “represent” failure.
Trump’s action “corrects” failure.
I’m so glad they did it.
It was definitely the right decision.
It’s time to stop the genocidal maniacs from driving global decision making.
TDS on display
So lets wait until one of our cities is obliterated for these idiots to open their stupid mouths and say we should have done something to prevent it. Trumps actions correct the failure and treasonous acts by prior administration to allow this
Or, as in the case of the Deep Staters, complicit in giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States.
And the AG will not lift a finger to bring charges against these traitors.
The only failure was Carter doing nothing to prevent radical Islam from being a problem for all future generations.
War mongers are going to war. This article is crap. Sight some sources, oh that’s right. You don’t have any.
When a country says death to Israel and America for 46 years, you don’t ignore them.
Gone are the days of waves of bombers over Germany, Vietnam, and Iraq. 6 B-2 bombers dropped 360,000 pounds of ordinance with deadly accuracy on 1 Iraqi facility and nobody could see them on radar. This is payback for 46 years of aggression against the U.S. starting with the embassy in Iran in 1979.
Paybacks a bitch baby.
Some Iranian liar is on now saying their facilities were peaceful nuclear plants and that Iran never wanted nuclear weapons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGd4FVItw1o
but refused to act on it.
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Well, technically, they acted on it.
Remember the plane loads of cash Obama send to Iran?
Exactly.
Thank you
Well, first they said there were no nuclear fuel production facilities. Then they said yes there were, but only because they wanted to build nuclear power plants. Imagine, a country swimming in oil needing more energy. Iranians have been doing nothing but lying ever since the Ayatollahs took over.
That’s right. And people say Jimmuh was a decent man?! Give me a break!
Trump is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.
It’s not about what’s best for the country, but that Trump did it. If Trump said the sun rises in the east, they’d argue with him over it.
Only a fool would trust a muslim.
Oh, can you imagine the leftist caterwauling had W bombed Iran’s nuke sites, and then handed the reins to Obama?
I think you need to reread the article. You will find further down that the author is supporting the decision. He’s saying that the necessity of Trump’s decision is the result of the failure of the previous generations of presidents.
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