Subject: Re: Iran - The Difference in Assessment
The point about Iran's nukes is also missing key context and information.

Iran's centrifuges and equipment needed for further enrichment of uranium are buried under tons of rock and aren't usable. When Trump says "Iran's nuclear program is destroyed" that's what he means.

But what is also true is that the Iranians spirited away what fissile material they had before Isfahan and the other sites were bombed. It had been assumed by head in sand democrats that the Iranians weren't capable of building a nuclear weapon, but they admitted something important to Steve Witkoff:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/t...

"Both the Iranian negotiators said to us, directly, with, you know, no shame, that they controlled 460 kilograms of 60%, and they're aware that that could make 11 nuclear bombs, and that was the beginning of their negotiating stance," Witkoff told Fox News.
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"That's how they opened up," Witkoff said. "We, of course, responded that the president feels we have the inalienable right to stop you, dead in your tracks."

Witkoff said one of the proposals discussed at the negotiations included Iran not enriching any uranium for a decade in exchange for the U.S. paying for its nuclear fuel.

"They rejected that, which told us at that very moment that they had no notion of doing anything other than retaining enrichment for the purpose of weaponizing," Witkoff said.

You can build a civilian reactor for energy purposes at 5-10% enrichment. Higher than that and you're going for a bomb.

The Iranians already had material they could have mounted on a ballistic missile and weaponized it. The bolded statement is why Trump ordered the action on Iran.