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In reply to the discussion: US considering occupying Kharg Island to force Iran to open Hormuz strait, say reports [View all]EX500rider
(12,549 posts)30. So they ruined their economy with sanctions & have thousands of centrifuges under a mountain..
...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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US considering occupying Kharg Island to force Iran to open Hormuz strait, say reports [View all]
BlueWavePsych
Yesterday
OP
So the braintrust is assuming Iran won't fire on it because the oil/storage?
underpants
Yesterday
#4
For them, it might as well be destroyed if it is occupied any real length of time
SamuelTheThird
23 hrs ago
#18
The Dutch destroyed their refineries rather than have them used by Japan in WWII.
PufPuf23
19 hrs ago
#39
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.." Even more reason they can't be trusted with nukes IMO
EX500rider
21 hrs ago
#24
So they ruined their economy with sanctions & have thousands of centrifuges under a mountain..
EX500rider
20 hrs ago
#30
And again why do they have centrifuges under a mountain enriching uranium to nuclear bomb percentages?
EX500rider
20 hrs ago
#35
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
Because Iran "holds all of the good cards" Trump can't just declare victory and walk out.
flashman13
Yesterday
#6
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
US speeds up deployment of thousands more Marines, sailors to Middle East
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
17 hrs ago
#42