Hence my suggestion, we have to nip this in the bud before the oft repeated pattern has a chance to grow legs and throw us into another twenty year pointless dead end.
And I don't mean to say I think it's pointless to neuter Iran's ambitions for a nuke bomb, that's a valid concern.
I'm talking about the fact that despite the valid concern, Trump is bound to screw it up completely and bankrupt any and all moral justification because in the end we know he dreams of a Trump Taj Mahal Tehran or some other boondoggle and he's bound to drag us completely away from valid concerns and into his reality tee vee jerkoff fantasy instead.
Because he is who and what he is, a guy who can bankrupt four casinos and stiff everyone who helped build them in the process.
The term
"neuter" isn’t appropriate here. What you're really suggesting is bombing a nation into such a broken state that it loses its ability to self-govern. But the more you try to subdue a country by force, the more it sees the need for nuclear weapons to defend itself from exactly that kind of aggression.
Let’s review a bit of history.
In the 1950s, Iran experienced a democratic revolution. But in 1953, the U.S. and U.K., through Operation Ajax, overthrew Iran’s elected government and reinstated the Shah. That betrayal ultimately led to the 1979 revolution. Once again, when the U.S. perceived Iran as a threat, it supported Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War—arming Saddam Hussein and even supplying chemical weapons, which were used against Iranian soldiers.
At the same time, Iran was being targeted by missiles launched from U.S.-backed proxies in Yemen and Kuwait. These countries were essentially acting as launchpads for attacks, protected under the umbrella of American defense.
From Iran’s point of view, it is surrounded by hostile forces—much like Israel once was. And just as Israel pursued nuclear weapons as a deterrent, Iran sees the same path as a necessity for survival. The idea that Iran is building nuclear weapons
because it’s evil misses the point—it's about deterrence in a hostile environment shaped by decades of intervention and betrayal.
If you truly want to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, the only effective path is through diplomacy and negotiation. The more you try to bully Iran, the more they’ll seek anti-bullying tools. That means nukes.
And let’s not forget—Netanyahu has been claiming since at least 2016, 2017, and 2018 that Iran was “weeks away” from getting a bomb. So why the sudden urgency now?
This isn’t about national security. It’s politics. It’s legacy-building. Maybe it’s Netanyahu’s swan song—an attempt to leave behind a legacy of “strength” before he fades from power, or worse, from life. But make no mistake: this is a political maneuver, not a military necessity. And certainly not a solution.
Because if you push a nation into a corner, don’t be surprised when they start arming themselves to the teeth.
Diving Mullah