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EX500rider

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30. So they ruined their economy with sanctions & have thousands of centrifuges under a mountain..
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 04:29 PM
20 hrs ago

...enriching uranium to 60%+, way beyond what the 3 to 5% their nuclear power plant needs why exactly?

Eight years ago an Israeli Mossad operation got half a ton of top-secret Iranian nuclear weapons program documents out of Iran and back to Israel in less than 24 hours. The stolen documents showed that the nuclear program did exist and apparently was still underway disguised as many different scientific research projects.

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This seems like a really stupid idea. Ocelot II Yesterday #1
It is a really stupid idea sarisataka Yesterday #13
What could possibly go wrong? tanyev Yesterday #2
Answer: Everything! flashman13 Yesterday #3
So the braintrust is assuming Iran won't fire on it because the oil/storage? underpants Yesterday #4
Depends how stupid Iran is EX500rider Yesterday #5
Wouldn't Iran lose those facilities anyway? EYESORE 9001 Yesterday #8
Big difference between temporarily occupied and destroyed EX500rider Yesterday #11
Define 'temporary' EYESORE 9001 23 hrs ago #14
For them, it might as well be destroyed if it is occupied any real length of time SamuelTheThird 23 hrs ago #18
Well the facilities require oil to be pumped from the wells to there.. EX500rider 21 hrs ago #22
The Dutch destroyed their refineries rather than have them used by Japan in WWII. PufPuf23 19 hrs ago #39
If the facility is occupied .... reACTIONary Yesterday #12
No one else can use it with out Iran continuing to pump oil there from the well heads. EX500rider 21 hrs ago #23
Iran is prepared to take everyone in the Gulf Miguelito Loveless 23 hrs ago #17
This could lead to worldwide nuclear war SamuelTheThird 23 hrs ago #19
This is the path Miguelito Loveless 23 hrs ago #20
"Iran is prepared to take everyone in the Gulf.." Even more reason they can't be trusted with nukes IMO EX500rider 21 hrs ago #24
They don't have any nukes Miguelito Loveless 20 hrs ago #27
So they ruined their economy with sanctions & have thousands of centrifuges under a mountain.. EX500rider 20 hrs ago #30
Something Israel claims Miguelito Loveless 20 hrs ago #36
They don't have nukes & working on getting them are 2 different things. EX500rider 20 hrs ago #31
Again, the claim is they have been working on them for 47 years Miguelito Loveless 20 hrs ago #34
And again why do they have centrifuges under a mountain enriching uranium to nuclear bomb percentages? EX500rider 20 hrs ago #35
Again, proof other than Israeli Miguelito Loveless 20 hrs ago #37
That's the UN saying that not Trump or Israel EX500rider 20 hrs ago #38
Iran cannot win the war by strength and may end up a larger version of Gaza and a failed state. PufPuf23 19 hrs ago #40
"Israel cannot be trusted with nuclear weapons." The facts would indicate otherwise IMO EX500rider 18 hrs ago #41
I don't trust Israel with nukes much more than I trust Iran--- BUT Jack Valentino 14 hrs ago #43
Because Iran "holds all of the good cards" Trump can't just declare victory and walk out. flashman13 Yesterday #6
Do trump and Kegbreath ever consult any actual military experts? Bayard Yesterday #7
Trump wants a blood sacrifice. Baitball Blogger Yesterday #9
they should have considered it before now. maxsolomon Yesterday #10
Why won't Iran want to damage the petro Farmer-Rick 21 hrs ago #26
because they are self-interested. maxsolomon 20 hrs ago #29
The Iranian army has the whole fucking island zeroed for motherfucking artillery missions. SoFlaBro 23 hrs ago #15
Be out of range for most their artillery @ 25 miles+ unless they line it up exposed on the beach EX500rider 21 hrs ago #25
Why would they stop attacking the rest of the ME? Red Mountain 20 hrs ago #32
Well the issue for them is that's where 90% of the oil leaves from EX500rider 20 hrs ago #33
Let's see: Miguelito Loveless 23 hrs ago #16
Its way west of the strait IbogaProject 22 hrs ago #21
Been obvious for a while now OC375 20 hrs ago #28
US speeds up deployment of thousands more Marines, sailors to Middle East Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 17 hrs ago #42
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