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MarineCombatEngineer

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9. Your idea of imminent and Israel's idea of imminent are far different,

Reply to MayReasonRule (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 17, 2025, 08:53 AM

Jun 17

I think I'll believe Israeli intelligence over an anonymous person on a chat board, after all, Israeli intelligence is the best in the ME, especially when it comes to Iran.
BTW, what intelligence service do you belong to to make such a statement?

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There is no nuclear weapons program. [View all] MayReasonRule Jun 17 OP

no program creon Jun 17 #1

Yep Goddessartist Jun 17 #2

Just a cache of near-weapons grade enriched uranium expanded by 50% in the last 3 months--enough for 10 bombs Ponietz Jun 17 #3

The Point Is That It Is Not An "Imminent Threat" As Is Claimed That Was Necessarly Worthy Of This Strike MayReasonRule Jun 17 #5

"Imminent" can mean whatever Ponietz Jun 17 #6

Your idea of imminent and Israel's idea of imminent are far different, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 17 #9

Your Assessment Is As Valid As The Individual That Posted On Bluesky MayReasonRule Jun 17 #14

Certainly, I mean, Israel wouldn't lie about that. Cuthbert Allgood Jun 17 #16

The problem is you can't be one day late Melon Jun 17 #24

TSF will bomb Iran anyway. no_hypocrisy Jun 17 #4

Their foreign policy calls for the destruction of Israel as a Jewish state. nt LexVegas Jun 17 #7

And Israel's foreign policy calls for the end of Palestine. Cuthbert Allgood Jun 17 #17

How can you end something that doesn't exist? tritsofme Jun 17 #22

147 UN member states would disagree with you. Cuthbert Allgood Jun 17 #35

OP posted a thread that says Iran has no nuclear weapons program MarineCombatEngineer Jun 17 #23

Fetterman forgot about PNAC Kid Berwyn Jun 17 #8

This is pure bull, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 17 #10

K... MayReasonRule Jun 17 #15

This is sophistry at best, more likely just pure apologism for the Iranian regime. tritsofme Jun 17 #11

The Individual That Posted On Bluesky Does Not Have Any History Of Being An Aplogist For Iran As Far As I Know MayReasonRule Jun 17 #18

Is he getting his intelligence from Lindsey Graham? Emile Jun 17 #12

He's Not A Supporter Of Linsay Graham From What I've Seen... Quite The Opposite Emile MayReasonRule Jun 17 #20

But according to Netanyahu, Iran has been just weeks away from having a nuke indusurb Jun 17 #13

Thank Jehoshaphat there is a meme sarisataka Jun 17 #19

No Doubt That Is Correct... The Reason Given For The Attack Is That There Is An "Imminent Threat" MayReasonRule Jun 17 #21

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists sarisataka Jun 17 #25

"unless one believes Israel should wait until Tel Aviv is leveled" Dreamer Tatum Jun 17 #27

Thank You For The Follow Up! MayReasonRule Jun 17 #28

de nada sarisataka Jun 17 #29

The IAEA disagrees. ForgedCrank Jun 17 #26

I'll Have To Read Through These This Evening...Thank You For Posting The Info Within The Thread! MayReasonRule Jun 17 #30

What is the greatest threat? The possibility that Iran might have a nuke program, or thousands of nukes that are ready Doodley Jun 17 #31

Trump is trying to get us into that war. OrlandoDem2 Jun 17 #32

I don't actually believe that Happy Hoosier Jun 17 #33

Some years back, WSJ had an article that various countries had a 'nuclear weapons program'. Norrrm Jun 17 #34

I bet other countries in the ME have nuke program kwolf68 Jun 17 #36