"Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you *keep* it a *secret*! Why didn't you tell the world, EH?"
Posted on 04/14/2026 12:01:46 PM PDT by MarlonRando
Ali Motahari, who served as Parliament deputy speaker from 2016 to 2019, made the statements in 2022 while speaking on Iranian news media outlet ISCA News, saying: 'When we began our nuclear activity, our goal was indeed to build a bomb. There is no need to beat around the bush.'
Motahari noted that Iran had no plans for detonating the bomb, only using it as a deterrent, meaning a weapon intended to discourage enemies rather than immediately use it, citing the Quranic verse: 'Strike fear in the hearts of the enemy of Allah.'
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On an unrelated note, here’s a question for you. When LORD Jesus returns, and sets up His kingdom, and judges, — how many muslims are going to be in the universe?
I’ll give you a minute.
Ok, if you guessed exactly zero out of everything, you are correct.
Moslems lie.
if they did get a hold of a bomb, someone else would have to make it for them. They are not exactly known for their ingenuity.
Nonsense, but at least has a little LESS deceit than normal.
A “deterrent” bomb is only effective if it’s been shown to be an actual working design.
I student designed a working bomb decades ago —
https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/09/archives/student-designs-2000-atom-bomb.html
Deter enemies? No one is attacking Iran- Iran is always attacking others.
NOW they might attack you, since you HAVE NO MORE MILITARY :)
Isn’t there any country in the area that wants to annex some land?
I know. That’s what I was thinking about. There are no men left? There are no Genghis Khan’s prowling around? I guess not. You literally could make a phone call to President Trump, and tell him you would manage everything and give the United States a cut, and you would have yourself a country.
hey, Alexander, the great was a European white guy, and he ended up taking them over and they called him, The Great.”
No kidding Sherlock?
yeah, they just wanted to generate electricity for the baby milk plants
Same logic behind suicide vests.
They’re just a deterrent. We have no intention of actually using them!
"Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you *keep* it a *secret*! Why didn't you tell the world, EH?"
I say we give them a few right now.
You designed a bomb that MIGHT have worked, unless you actually built and detonated it.
Same diff with the Iranians - gotta pop the cork to celebrate the event.
They enriched uranium to 60% U235.
Nuclear plants use 2-3% 235 uranium.
There is zero purpose for 60% uranium, except to spin in one more time to make it 90%, for a bomb.
They had enough for 11 bombs.
No further discussion is needed.
To whom does this come as a surprise?
World’s all-time worst-kept secret!
They didn’t want nukes only as a ‘deterrent’. They wanted nukes for leverage - allowing them to throw their theocratic weight around with impunity. Their actions since the revolution have been aggressive, not ‘live and let live’.
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