| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | |
| Posted by: | David Ainsworth | |
| Date/Time: | 11/03/26 09:46:00 |
| That's the way to do it. "Iran has enriched uranium to a level far beyond anything that might be needed for peaceful purposes with the clear intention of building a nuclear bomb." "In March 2025, the US Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard, testified that the US intelligence community continued to assess that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon. Key details from the 2025 assessment and subsequent events include: Initial 2025 Assessment: During testimony for the Annual Threat Assessment on 25 March 2025, DNI Gabbard stated that despite high levels of uranium enrichment, Iran had not restarted the nuclear weapons program it suspended in 2003 and that Supreme Leader Khamenei had not reauthorized such a program. Contradiction by President Trump: In June 2025, President Donald Trump publicly disagreed with this assessment, stating that the intelligence community was "wrong" and claiming that Iran was actually "very close to having a weapon". Subsequent Clarification: Following the President's public criticism, Gabbard clarified her position in late June 2025, stating that her March testimony had been "taken out of context" and that Iran could now produce a nuclear weapon "within weeks to months". Military Action: These conflicting assessments occurred shortly before the US and Israel launched targeted strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities in June 2025, which the administration claimed "obliterated" key capabilities." Facts are immutable, aren't they? 30 years of imminence, remember? Finally Netanyahu found a willing sucker in Trump. ......................... Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. Groucho Marx |