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Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say

gbg3 said:
According to 4 unnamed people, a leaker with an anti-Trump agenda, and (again anti-Trump) CNN's gem, Kaitlan Collins. And the left is right here - thinking their hopes and dreams of U.S. failure and wishes for the survival and preservation of Iran's nuclear capabilities are being met.
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The reporting was nowhere near that. Quite the opposite. They stressed and stressed it was early and preliminary
 
redbeer said:
Jeesh, is everyone so fast to judge the other side?......use your common sense and brain. Of course it will take time to know for sure, hell the damn places were buried way into the ground surrounded by hundreds of feet of concrete.....even a satellite can't see it. Give it time, don't rush to judgment and rumors/gossip/anonymous sources.
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Including the President.
 
Apocalypse said:
It's really too early to know, and the nuclear facilities were destroyed, the question is how significant is the hit to the nuclear program, so I'm not sure what's this gotcha moment you're imagining here but it's non-existent.
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It wasn't too early to know yesterday when you confidently declared that the destruction was so total that we don't even need to worry about the nuclear program any longer, simply because Donald issued you those talking points along with instructions to repeat them. And of course like a loyal little soldier, you followed your orders.
 
Apocalypse said:
A lot of 'early assessments' are going to be provided to officials in the coming days. Wonder how many of those will be published on CNN.
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Damage assessment is part of the DIA's job and while early assessments can change it's probably pretty damned close to authoritative. It also accords with what DIA told policy makers was a possible outcome.
 
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Metric Mouse said:
Iran promises they will never build a bomb, and don't want one.
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Well, if the number one state sponsor of terrorism worldwide and a government of religious genocidal maniacs tells us they don't want a nuclear bomb, we should certainly believe them. If you can't trust the Iranian government, who can you trust?
 
ALiberalModerate said:
Well, if the number one state sponsor of terrorism worldwide and a government of religious genocidal maniacs tells us they don't want a nuclear bomb, we should certainly believe them.
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But we already know that Israel has nukes?
 
gbg3 said:
Show us that source then. Let's see what the "Defense Intelligence Agency" had to report, Allan.
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everything going according to Schedule.

this is just Round one with many more to go.

it stops on full Nuuuuclear 'shock and awe', then they stop pretty fast. it will be on 5 fronts throughout the world for a few details.


blessings all, that is why they print these kinds of headlines to get yu ready for the next Round....


US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites only set back program months, Pentagon report says​

1 hour ago
By Hugo Lowell

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trixare4kids said:
“O what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.”
(This thread)

CNN runs with an early intel report with anonymous sources that has been strongly disputed, and the rest of you get busy spreading what is little more than the usual unsubstantiated rumor as the God's truth.

Good luck with that.
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*The Fascist Party has joined the chat*
 
Callen said:
Yes, that's him but it is irresponsible and that's him too.
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...The U.S. used massive bunker-buster bombs on Saturday to target three of Iran's key nuclear facilities, including one called Fordo, built deep inside a mountain.

Speaking at the White House after those strikes, Trump called the strikes a "spectacular military success."

"Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated," he said....



Trump's grandiosity makes him (and the USA) look ridiculous.
 
anatta said:
If the sites arent rubble they are too unstable to use again.. all that vibration either took out the centrifuges (broke them apart), or made
the separation less reliable.

How is iran going to clear all the top rubble and reuse the sites anyhow? But go ahead. They dont have the money and if they do so we'll rock them again
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You know what I would have done in
preparation for an announced attack on my nuclear sites?

Shut down the centrifuges.
 
trixare4kids said:
“O what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.”
(This thread)

CNN runs with an early intel report with anonymous sources that has been strongly disputed, and the rest of you get busy spreading what is little more than the usual unsubstantiated rumor as the God's truth.

Good luck with that.
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Who aside from that world renowned rocket scientist Karoline Leavitt is disputing it?
 
Callen said:
Including the President.
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**Especially** the President, the man who should be held to the highest standard of anyone, certainly should be held to a much higher standard than random people on the internet.

“Completely and totally obliterated”. There shouldn’t really be any confusion as to what that’s saying, shouldn’t be any confusion what those words mean, why it’s important, what the ramifications are if it’s a lie, there’s no nuance.
 
Allan said:
I guess the program infrastructure is very well protected.

Starting from the position that Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon, and taking into consideration that America's biggest bombs can't completely destroy their ability to produce one, what is the next step?
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Diplomacy, and in a weird way, if Trump is smart enough to see it, he might have set this up to give himself some cover for diplomacy. Nobody - not his fiercest critics nor his supporters from the pro-Israel contingent - can say he lacks the balls to take action military action and/or that he stood Israel up.

I still think Israel is going to be his problem on this, but it's possible that their recent experience might force Israel to come to their senses and realize that this president and the American people aren't interested in fighting their war.
 
FACT: No one knows but I pray no destruction just to prove even more Trump is in capable of doing anything right. So, if and when the results become known Trump and his goons will claim total destruction. May it blow up in their faces. "The truth will set you free or run you up a tree."
 
Ikari said:
Uh oh, is Donny gonna get mad? Or maybe just fall asleep.

Maybe Iran can push a ceasefire for a few months.
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Yeah, that's awkward on Donald's part. Declaring a Donald-brokered ceasefire before he even knew whether his strikes were successful. If they weren't, now Iran can return to the status quo while Donald has to figure out how to worm his way out of his own ceasefire "deal" and if he doesn't, Israel will attack anyway and make Donald look like a cuck on the world state.

Poor baby.
 
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