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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHerr Trump is an incredibly incompetent fool. Iran had numerous trucks lined up taking....
Satellite photos of an Iranian strike site show a line of trucks before the strike. Presumably, these trucks were there to remove what was inside the bunker. Trump would have had access to such information before the strike. Did he ignore it? Or was this the usual Trump intelligence incompetence?
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-06-23T19:19:47.373Z
1. Trump announces where he will bomb in Iran to destroy its nuclear inventory.
2. Iran moves its nuclear inventory from those locations.
3. Trump bombs those locations.
4. Trump: "Yay! Our strikes were a COMPLETE success! Mission accomplished!!!"
5. Iran rolls its eyes & jacks up US gas prices.
1. Trump announces where he will bomb in Iran to destroy its nuclear inventory.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-06-23T01:08:35.919Z
2. Iran moves its nuclear inventory from those locations.
3. Trump bombs those locations.
4. Trump: "Yay! Our strikes were a COMPLETE success! Mission accomplished!!!"
5. Iran rolls its eyes & jacks up US gas prices.

Midnight Writer
(24,241 posts)He makes up his own reality and we all have to live in it.
Lonestarblue
(12,701 posts)Biden had attended more than 90 by now.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,660 posts)JCMach1
(28,727 posts)Justice matters.
(8,492 posts)While Lies Social leaks to the entire world...
Convicted felon so needs the attention on himself bragging!
JCMach1
(28,727 posts)Whatever was on hand.
BumRushDaShow
(155,003 posts)And the media were almost excessively reporting "You know, there are B-2 bombers being moved", "Look! There they are!!111!!1!". "We're evacuating citizens!!11!!!!".
InstantGratification
(338 posts)With very few exceptions, aircraft in US airspace have to be equipped with and USING a system called ADS-B. That broadcasts altitude, airspeed, location, climbing, descending, etc. It's purpose is to help pilots and controllers maintain awareness of the aircraft around them and what they are doing. Great for traffic separation in a non combat environment, awful for combat aircrews being shot at.
Because of that, military aircraft are allowed to turn off ADS-B. The US WANTED them to see those B-2s moving to Guam, that is apparent from the fact that Flight Tracker sites were following them using ADS-B data. We were using that to draw attention to the bombers moving to Guam. Normally a diversion like that can be a useful tactic. In this case not so much. It made the strikes somewhat safer for the crews that actually flew the missions (round trip from the states - wow, long haul), because people weren't looking at them. But it announced in advance that this strike had a high probability of happening.
The Iranians saw all this and moved as much as they could offsite before the attack happened. They may have seen it as a diplomatic bluff (doubtful, Trump's not that subtle) but they would have prepared for it anyway. Even so, that little fake was probably seen as the real thing by Iran because Krasnov had been tweeting about it for weeks and had likely prepared for it well before the actual attack.
D. Spaulding
(256 posts)access point and tunnel entrances, which could have easily been done with tools they had, and their air superiority.
Justice matters.
(8,492 posts)"regime change" Iraq uh... Iran...
What's his real "ultimate" goal? mmm?
HarryM
(383 posts)And it's similar to Taco Don.
Diversion. Bibi wants to divert attention away from Gaza. Donny wants to divert attention from his lousy parade, and dropping approval ratings.
Also, if Israel has an impenetrable Iron Shield, did they let some of those rockets get through, so that they could claim vicitmhood again?
paleotn
(20,517 posts)Well, relatively easy. Got to watch out for timed munitions meant to blow up the repair crews and duds that turn out not to be duds, but generally, fixing gravel roads isn't too time consuming when you're motivated.
Honestly, those trucks were probably the tail end of the move. All the really important stuff was spirited away days prior. Safe to assume Iran has plans for doing just that, since recent events have been a distinct possibility since Obama was in office. They're not idiots. They were ready in case this scenario actually played out.
Botany
(74,505 posts)
from the facilities before they were bombed? Now does Iran have enough enriched uranium
to make a dirty bomb? Coming soon in a rental box truck someplace in America.
paleotn
(20,517 posts)Then again, you can use radioactive hospital waste to do that. U235 is far better used to initiate nuclear fission. And by far the hardest piece of the puzzle to come by. But once acquired, with the right equipment, easily procured from industrial machine suppliers, and a little technical know how, you can make a gun type weapon in your garage. Think Little Boy. Trinity was a test of the more complex and challenging implosion type weapon, fat man. They didn't bother to test Little Boy since everyone knew it would work.
That's the part that gives me a moment of pause. If they have enough weapons grade material, Iran can build nuclear weapons relatively quickly. And already have the long and medium range deliver systems to transport them. And they sure as shit have a reason to with all this talk of "regime change."
jmowreader
(52,463 posts)To make these, they stir radioactive material into conventional explosives. When the bomb explodes it scatters radioactivity over a wide area. The only thing radioactive material has to be if you want to use it in a dirty bomb, is radioactive.
stillcool
(34,327 posts)the actions of Donald Trump in any way benefit the United States. The quagmire of possibilities make any kind of supposition impossible, but there is zero truth to be had.
LymphocyteLover
(8,203 posts)stillcool
(34,327 posts)get me in big trouble.
LymphocyteLover
(8,203 posts)twodogsbarking
(14,095 posts)
Blue Full Moon
(2,318 posts)AloeVera
(3,091 posts)Looking for WMDs allowed for Iraq's invasion and destruction.
Just saying.
Mr. Evil
(3,325 posts)for the corporate media to spread out to all the gullible, brain-damaged rubes who just love a (phony) tough guy. He gets to stand with Israel and bomb Iran so he can look good for the even more brain-damaged christians. He lets Putin know ahead of time so Iran can remove whatever they need to so Putin stays happy. How many millions of dollars were wasted on this utter bullshit? What kind of fresh hell, psycho-circus is this!?
liberal N proud
(61,117 posts)enid602
(9,456 posts)Is it really such a good idea to bomb enriched uranium? I really dont know.
Linda ladeewolf
(935 posts)Like the rest of the world that we citizens have no control over what trump does. I prefer to think they will act on it in a way, more like a fatwa. Im not saying they wont hesitate to take out those that get in their way, but this will now be a personal thing for them.
GoodRaisin
(10,266 posts)Let that sink in. A moron is doing all the thinking, making decisions that he thinks make himself look good.
RockRaven
(17,479 posts)And if this was the outcome he intended, then this is a whole different kettle of fish.
Lancero
(3,200 posts)And now we're at "He bombed their nuclear program the day after they bundled everything off in trucks and hid it away".
Tomorrow we'll be claiming that they no longer have a nuclear program, because it fell off a truck. Or something.