Subject: Re: Vance Failed. No Deal.
And they wouldn't have had that. 60% is where they got to after we abrogated the deal. The JCPOA capped the enrichment limit at 3.67%. Far, far, far below the level for a weapon.

Hahahahahahahaha. They were secretly enriching uranium the entire time. There's zero possibility they stopped at 3.67% (an oddly specific number).

So, yes - I would have preferred that Iran not have 970 pounds of 60% enriched uranium, which is the position they would be in had the JCPOA remained in place and

Facts not in evidence, counselor. You have no idea if this statement is true or not...and is likely very much not true.

Even if I accept your framing as fact, there would be no restrictions, no sanctions, and they'd likely be pushing past 80% right now. That's the level of enrichment that was dropped on Hiroshima.

It is now, since there's a ceasefire in place and they're no longer sending drones.

Huh? They keep sending drones against it and in fact have been violating the cease-fire. Continually.

It's been repaired, but if Iran wanted to damage it again, we probably wouldn't be able to successfully defend it.

Except that we have. People are raising the Shahed drone to some level of invincibility. It's not. It's literally made of wood and has a lawnmower engine. The new automated .50 cal systems can bring one down using a single round at a cost of $10 bucks.

Maybe. Probably not literally, because nothing lasts for eternity. But there have been plenty of conflicts that rage for decades and decades and decades without being resolved.

Uh, huh. For one, why would the Gulf states sit there and take that?

Not really relevant, though. Just because we don't want a state of war to continue indefinitely doesn't mean there's a way to just go in and stop it using just air power, as we've been trying here.

The war has entered phase 2, where we're using Naval power. The Navy is now running the show. Let's hope the decades of neglect I've documented don't bite us in the a$$.