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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone here really take issue with Israel dismantling Iran's nuclear weapons program? [View all]uponit7771
(93,073 posts)30. Way too many people in DU don't trust BB or Trump to do the right thing and
... too many do.
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Does anyone here really take issue with Israel dismantling Iran's nuclear weapons program? [View all]
PeaceWave
Jun 17
OP
Agreed. Warmonger Netanyahu was losing favor with world allies in his ethnic cleansing and starvation...
brush
Jun 18
#103
No. But if we can help Israel eliminate nukes from Iran and possibly impose regime change then we can help Ukraine.
OrlandoDem2
Jun 17
#2
Last time we got into regime change with Iran, we fucked it up pretty badly.
Cuthbert Allgood
Jun 17
#64
"Our own intelligence" is Tulsi Gabbard. She's Putin's eyes, ears, nose, and throat, and not trustworthy.
Crunchy Frog
Jun 18
#81
Russia is constantly making empty threats, and Maria Zakharova is a notorious drunken bufoon.
Crunchy Frog
Jun 20
#117
my issue is with removing the intelligence assets who might contradict israel's assessment
rampartd
Jun 17
#4
But it's Israel doing it, so for many DUers, that automatically makes it a terrible thing.
DavidDvorkin
Jun 17
#6
Right, the imenent WMD threat was used in the 2000s with more trustworthy characters and they lied then....
uponit7771
Jun 17
#35
And russia. Which, so far, has actively been threatening nuclear attacks against other countries.
Crunchy Frog
Jun 18
#82
Wow. So you think magical thinking works. Some of us live in the real world.
NoRethugFriends
Jun 20
#120
You're right. We never should have gone for civil rights, banning land mines or apartheid.
AloeVera
Jun 20
#121
That would require consistency and that one standard be applied to all nations equally.
jcmaine72
Jun 17
#70
I Don't Have Any Easy Answer Here (as there likely are none), But Thought Someone Needed to Break the Silence
The Roux Comes First
Jun 17
#9
I think it's Israel bombing Yemen, Lebanon, Seria, Iran & 0ccupied Palestine area
womanofthehills
Jun 17
#33
Dismantling it?Is that what they are calling bombing both military and civilian sites?
travelingthrulife
Jun 17
#15
I think a large portion of the concern deals with process and methodology rather than conclusion
Torchlight
Jun 17
#29
Immediately after Khomeini took over Iran, he declared Israel a cancerous growth that needs eliminating
question everything
Jun 17
#34
If Iraq had nukes, george war bush would never have invaded them. I understand why countries want nukes.
Silent Type
Jun 17
#36
Yep. And that's particularly true of the young broccoli head male voters who supported him last year.
BannonsLiver
Jun 17
#46
I think it's a good idea not to unnecessarily escalate with other sovereign nations. nt
Gore1FL
Jun 17
#41
Three problematic things, our history, normalizing preemptive strikes, what happens after
Zipgun
Jun 17
#65
So Iran has a nuclearprogram inside the state tv station and Israel found out and bombed during a live
Nanjeanne
Jun 17
#66
For them to do anything they would have needed to have made preparations months ago, which would have been noticed
DetroitLegalBeagle
Jun 19
#111
Strange how any one person, one leader, or one country can decide who deserves to have nukes, and who doesn't.
Aussie105
Jun 18
#79
US intel says they don't have nukes and Netanyahu offer no proof, this is just war hungry nobs starting another war
krawhitham
Jun 18
#93
Im for dismantling all nuclear programs. Not blowing up uranium in highly populated regions.
SSJVegeta
Jun 18
#101