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0 pointscsense26d ago0 comments

Israel and the US told Iran "Don't try to develop nukes or else." Iran tried to develop nukes and got bombed. Then Iran tried to develop nukes again.

PotUS told Iran "Don't shoot the protestors or else." Iran shot the protestors.

Iran chose to FAFO; "Or else" has now arrived.

I don't like Trump and based on past bad experiences I'm not sure it's wise for the US to start a war in the Middle East.

I feel sorry for the civilians caught in the middle, e.g. the ~50 Iranian schoolkids that ate a wayward bomb. People can legitimately criticize the US and Israel for that mistake, but if they do they need to also criticize Iran ~200 times harder for killing tens of thousands of protestors on purpose.

I don't agree with people who think this war is illegitimate or Iran isn't the bad guy here.

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lucketone25d ago

Civilian applications require uranium at 3-20% enrichment.

Iran had 60% enriched uranium (hundreds of kilograms)

Weapons require 90%.

Not exactly there, but way past electricity generation.

yodsanklai26d ago

> Then Iran tried to develop nukes again.

Do we know that for a fact? or is it a lie just like Saddam's WMD.

> PotUS told Iran "Don't shoot the protestors or else." Iran shot the protestors.

Do you think Trump genuinely care about the protestors in Iran?

> I don't agree with people who think this war is illegitimate or Iran isn't the bad guy here.

Things can be more nuanced than the "good" versus the "bad" guys and bombing countries isn't always the best solution.

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