Yep. Wonderful. Supposedly, Iran has said they no longer have a choice and must develop a nuclear bomb. Now, before you jump on me, this has yet to be confirmed as true. If and until that point, it’s something to be taken under consideration. If this back-and-forth continues between Iran and America, if it intensifies, *then* we can worry. It’s not easy to do and would likely take Iran *years* to put together. But still. Nasty thought. Appreciation for Raw Story:
Iranian state media has reportedly declared that the country now has “no choice but to obtain the atomic bomb,” according to a post circulating online — a statement that, if accurate, would mark a dramatic escalation amid the ongoing exchange of strikes between the U.S. and Iran. The claim was relayed by the account The Hormuz Letter, which posted what it described as a breaking statement from Iranian state media. According to that post, Iranian state media argued the country must “absolutely reach nuclear deterrence” before current negotiations can be conducted, framing the pursuit of a weapon as necessary to remove what it called “the military option for the occupation and partitioning of Iran” from the table.
Okay then. That’s going to take a LONG time. Years at a minimum. It could be propaganda, or it could be accurate. Either way, Iran having a bomb is not something the world wants. Note that they said the occupation and partitioning of Iran. We’ve known from the get -go that going away from the coast of Iran is nuts. It’s mountains and trees, perfect for those who already live there, but a raging bitch for any sort of ground war. We’ve been discussing what a bloodbath it would be. Trying to take Kharg Island is also because there’s a whole lot of “stuff” we would have to get through the Strait to support our people, and then it would likely* still* be a bloodbath. Yea no.
The reported statement seized the attention of David Pyne, an America First conservative who posts under @AmericaFirstCon and who has been sharply critical of the administration’s handling of Iran. “Iran is responding to Trump’s continued nuclear threats against it by building more nuclear missiles just as I predicted they would do,” Pyne wrote. He contended that “Trump’s war on Iran hasn’t reduced Iran’s nuclear threat in any way” but had instead “served to greatly magnify and expand Iran’s nuclear threat against the US and Israel.”
Gee, ya think??!!! Now, as best we know, Iran only has enriched uranium and not much of it. But now they are (supposedly) openly talking about a bomb. It used to be for medical uses, and those are legit. But now with the threats from Trump and JD, it’s serious. It’s going to be dueling threats instead of dueling banjos. (How many of you remember that one?) Neither one of those two bozos has figured out that the threats are doing more harm than good. It’s pointless!
The reported statement also caught the attention of Michael McFaul, the former U.S. ambassador to Russia, who reacted with unease. “Ugh. Hope it’s just bluster; fear it is not,” McFaul wrote, sharing the same post. The reported declaration comes against the backdrop of a rapidly deteriorating ceasefire, with the U.S. carrying out repeated strikes on Iranian targets in recent days and Trump himself warning that “the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist” if forced to “militarily complete the job.” Trump has also continued to insist that “Iran will never have a Nuclear Weapon.” The Iranian framing — that only a nuclear deterrent can forestall foreign intervention — runs directly counter to the administration’s stated goal of ending Tehran’s weapons ambitions and underscores the risk that the military campaign could harden rather than halt Iran’s nuclear drive.
BOOM. There it is. Harden, not halt. It’s enough of a mess as it is. Nukes do not need to come into this equation. A bomb dropped on Iran would hurt a lot of the rest of the world and make the US a pariah. Trump has been threatening so much that *everyone* is tired of it; the rest of the world, not just Iran, wants him to shut up. That includes America. The slap back after Trump flaps his gums is not worth a single penny. Shut up, Trump. You’re bothering everyone. *Then* we’ll see what Iran has to say.
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