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Author: Dope1   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Everybody knew that Iran wanted nukes
Date: 06/24/2025 6:38 PM
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I'm open to the possibility that the attack was not a mistake. So far, the region hasn't caught any more on fire, and there is still the chance that we really set them back a fair ways. But there are very serious downsides to direct military action against Iran and making it clear that the U.S. "won't tolerate the status quo" in the region.

No one is suggesting anything more (at the moment) than what went on.
Iran's other threat of closing the Straits of Hormuz backfired because they can't selectively jam ship navigation. They wound up sending some Chinese-flagged tankers back to port and that merited a sharp phone call from Beijing to Tehran (since about 50% of the oil coming out of the Gulf is destined for China).

They have no air defenses left and their terrorist armies can't threaten Israel any more as they've been decapitated. All that's left are lone-wolf style attacks in Western countries plus cyber.
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