A military solution is not the solution re Iran & nuclear weapons, WE DO NOT KNOW, we do not know how much damage was done to the program with bombing; Iran should not have a nuclear weapon; 400 kg
to 900 kg enriched uranium is unaccounted for by published reports & we cannot assume it was at the bomb sites & now we know the MAIN one ~ with uranium was NOT bombed with bunker busters as too deep
Yes, what was up top, buildings etc. were ‘obliterated’ and I speak as a lay man, but what is below ground? Not obliterated? Remember Bush Jr. and his lying WMD and the disaster be felled upon the world! We do not know and the information that is coming out is confusing as to the extent of the damage by the US B 2 bombing. They made it a public discussion, so we have the right to ask questions. We the people are not stupid. We can see. I am glad no military were hurt and something was done.
‘US did not use bunker-buster bombs on one of Iran’s nuclear sites, top general tells lawmakers, citing depth of the target’
What? That was not what we were told!
‘During the briefing, Ratcliffe told lawmakers that the US intelligence community assesses that the majority of Iran’s enriched nuclear material is buried at Isfahan and Fordow, according to a US official.’
And as per reports now, Isfahan was not bombed with the MOP penetrator super bombs…so what does this mean?
How do we move forward? Is this now clear that a negotiated solution is the way out of this to get to where we want to be? Not a military one? Or combined? Covert? IT? What? What is your view?
‘WashingtonCNN —
The US military did not use bunker-buster bombs on one of Iran’s largest nuclear sites last weekend because the site is so deep that the bombs likely would not have been effective, the US’ top general told senators during a briefing on Thursday.
The comment by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine, which was described by three people who heard his remarks and a fourth who was briefed on them, is the first known explanation given for why the US military did not use the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb against the Isfahan site in central Iran. US officials believe Isfahan’s underground structures house nearly 60% of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile, which Iran would need in order to ever produce a nuclear weapon.
US B2 bombers dropped over a dozen bunker-buster bombs on Iran’s Fordow and Natanz nuclear sites. But Isfahan was only struck by Tomahawk missiles launched from a US submarine.
The classified briefing to lawmakers was conducted by Caine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe. A spokesperson for Caine declined to comment, noting that he cannot comment on the chairman’s classified briefing to Congress.’
Iran likely has several deep underground locations that we don't even know about. By bombing Iran, the people of Iran are behaving similar to people in the US after 9/11, in that they are all coming together and want to fight the perceived threat. The more that the US and Israel bomb Iran, the more likely the Iranians are to build nuclear weapons. Iran will agree to a fair deal and allow inspections if the deal allows them to enrich uranium up to 3.7% for use in their Bushehr nuclear power plant. They won't agree to 0% enrichment, which is what Israel is demanding.
Serious question Doc: If America was in imminent threat of being attacked, and we were told by some other country that we were forbidden to build weapons, and when we did they bombed us, what would you recommend America do?