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  • jon-nycJ Online
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    jon-nyc
    wrote last edited by
    #490

    Really good summary, though probably a little hopeful in some aspects. Still worth the read.

    They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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    • MikM Away
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      Mik
      wrote last edited by
      #491

      Yeah, it’s a bit optimistic but still a pretty clear eyed look at where things are.

      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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      • jon-nycJ Online
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        #492

        Oh shit, if true.

        They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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        • MikM Away
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          Mik
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          #493

          If you'll recall, this was exactly my objection to our involvement - possible failure to destroy Fordow.

          Now, it is absolutely true that some powers will try very hard to portray that as true, whether it is or not. Finding the truth might be difficult, but we'll be keeping an eye on the sites.

          "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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          • LuFins DadL Offline
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            LuFins Dad
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            #494

            In all likelihood it’s somewhere in between. What do they mean by months? 3? Or 120?

            The Brad

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            • jon-nycJ Online
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              jon-nyc
              wrote last edited by
              #495

              6 said the report.

              While the question of who/what to believe is ever present, before the Defense Intelligence Agency report was leaked congressmen were already publicly complaining that the Administration canceled a planned briefing.

              They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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                LuFins Dad
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                #496

                I thought they were years away from a bomb, according to Tulsi?

                The Brad

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                  xenon
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                  Trump has spent the last couple of hours making multiple posts how the bombs obliterated everything.... which probably means they didn't... sigh...

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                  • MikM Away
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                    Mik
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                    #498

                    Our problem is no believable source.

                    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                      Iranian government have arrested 700 people to suppress dissent.
                      🙄

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                      • MikM Mik

                        Our problem is no believable source.

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                        @Mik said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                        Our problem is no believable source.

                        Do you miss the day when Obama announced "we got Bin Laden" on TV and the world just believed him?

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                        • MikM Mik

                          Our problem is no believable source.

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                          Tom-K
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                          @Mik said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                          Our problem is no believable source.

                          That's the problem, we don't have a clue who's telling the truth. Or even if anyone knows what the truth is. Every news station trots out their retired 3 or 4 star general (I don't even listen to colonels) or atomic energy PhD and no two has the same opinion about anything.

                          I am somewhat partial to Rebecca Grant PhD over at Fox, though. She gets all excited and squeaky when she's talking about Tomahawk missiles being fired off.

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                          Flushing the toilet is like practicing the piano; you just cannot go too long without doing it.--Axtremus

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                          • Tom-KT Tom-K

                            @Mik said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                            Our problem is no believable source.

                            That's the problem, we don't have a clue who's telling the truth. Or even if anyone knows what the truth is. Every news station trots out their retired 3 or 4 star general (I don't even listen to colonels) or atomic energy PhD and no two has the same opinion about anything.

                            I am somewhat partial to Rebecca Grant PhD over at Fox, though. She gets all excited and squeaky when she's talking about Tomahawk missiles being fired off.

                            d5db4b73-bd0b-43da-8cd5-b82fa7706208-image.png

                            89th8 Online
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                            89th
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                            @Tom-K said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                            She gets all excited and squeaky when she's talking about Tomahawk missiles being fired off.

                            Now we finally get to learn what the dash means in your name! "AHAW"

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                            • MikM Away
                              MikM Away
                              Mik
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                              Well, missiles are rather phallic.

                              "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                              • jon-nycJ Online
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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote last edited by
                                #504

                                Trump clears it all up for us.

                                They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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                                • AxtremusA Axtremus

                                  @Mik said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                                  Our problem is no believable source.

                                  Do you miss the day when Obama announced "we got Bin Laden" on TV and the world just believed him?

                                  MikM Away
                                  MikM Away
                                  Mik
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                                  @Axtremus said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                                  @Mik said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                                  Our problem is no believable source.

                                  Do you miss the day when Obama announced "we got Bin Laden" on TV and the world just believed him?

                                  I didn't really believe it until it was verified by DNA. I feel similarly here, but no DNA applies.

                                  "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                                  • MikM Mik

                                    @Axtremus said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                                    @Mik said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                                    Our problem is no believable source.

                                    Do you miss the day when Obama announced "we got Bin Laden" on TV and the world just believed him?

                                    I didn't really believe it until it was verified by DNA. I feel similarly here, but no DNA applies.

                                    89th8 Online
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                                    89th
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                                    @Mik said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                                    @Axtremus said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                                    @Mik said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                                    Our problem is no believable source.

                                    Do you miss the day when Obama announced "we got Bin Laden" on TV and the world just believed him?

                                    I didn't really believe it until it was verified by DNA. I feel similarly here, but no DNA applies.

                                    Hard comparison. There was no doubt in my mind when Obama said we got Bin Laden. If Trump said the same, I would believe him too since it's pretty clear whether we got an individual. But in this case about destroying a nuclear facility 80 meters under ground, I very much do not trust what Trump says based on his very consistent track record of lying and exaggerating. I think we made that point a few weeks ago here, that Trump will be hard to trust on war matters, and we're seeing it here. I know one thing... it would be awkward as shit if footage is released of Fordow still operating.

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                                    • 89th8 Online
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                                      89th
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                                      #507

                                      That being said, if we dropped 14 MOPs on the target, I'd have to imagine most of the internal infrastructure is a pile of collapsed rock now.

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                                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                        @Axtremus said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                                        @jon-nyc said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                                        Why do I feel like Trump is about to get rolled?

                                        Rolled in what way(s)?

                                        I purposefully wasn't specific. In all the ways one can get rolled.

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                                        Horace
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                                        #508

                                        @jon-nyc said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                                        In all the ways one can get rolled.

                                        Reminds me of Jack Dawson, who saved Rose in all the ways a person can be saved.

                                        Link to video

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                        • 89th8 89th

                                          That being said, if we dropped 14 MOPs on the target, I'd have to imagine most of the internal infrastructure is a pile of collapsed rock now.

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                                          @89th said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

                                          That being said, if we dropped 14 MOPs on the target, I'd have to imagine most of the internal infrastructure is a pile of collapsed rock now.

                                          It seems possible that we dropped the bombs into rock, and that the explosions were mostly contained by rock.

                                          Education is extremely important.

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