Hochstein said Democratic officials simulated attacks on Iran “because that may have had to happen under our watch.”…

A top official from the Biden administration has said that he is supportive of President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran from June of last year and suggested that Joe Biden may have done the same if he had been elected to a second term in office. Amos Hochstein, senior energy adviser to Biden within the State Department, said that the Biden administration had modeled similar scenarios to last…

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  • mrdown@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    The enrichment to 60% was a threat that they could and would build a bomb if they didn’t get what they wanted They are not getting what they want now. Tell me after how many months or years you would believe that Iran is not building nukes

    I’d love to be able to trust everyone and trust that Iran wouldn’t bomb anyone else.

    You don’t have to trust them but you have no evidence that they are seeking nukes now . You can’t trust ebven more israel a colonial state who is genociding palestinians and want to extend it’s border to even more countries

    But we know they are willing to fire missiles at Isreal, and they have a real grievance

    Yes they are willing to fire missiles at a colonial state who is a threat to the whole region including them

    • CannonFodder@lemmy.world
      1·
      4 months ago

      Exactly. I can totally see them wanting nukes. And if they had nukes they’d use them to ward off attacks with threats. But if Isreal called their bluff, or some religious nut decided it was time, we could end up with a nuclear exchange. I have no evidence - how could I? - but it’s common sense.

      • mrdown@lemmy.world
        1·
        4 months ago

        It is not common sense to say Iran is weeks away from building nukes if they want yet decades after Netenyahu claims there is still no evidence that they are willing to build one even after the usa and israel attacked them and killed their “supreme leader” .

        You are simply creating an eternal threat that will never happen