Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on Iran

Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by hackyhacky on Saturday June 21, 2025 @08:40PM (#44341906)

That doesn't seem like a good reason to cancel the only thing stopping them from developing nukes. Of course they fund proxy armies, but that's a reginal problem that can be addressed through conventional means.

Cancelling the Joint Agreement is a case of cutting off your nose to spite your face. In particular, it was clearly an expression of Trump's animus to Obama.

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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by awongh on Saturday June 21, 2025 @08:44PM (#44341951)

For sure part of it is goading them into looking like the bad guys.

Otoh, ballistic missiles eventually become a western europe/NATO security issue.

Not exactly sure how close Iran would be to that, but that is an element of the situation.

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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by acdha on Saturday June 21, 2025 @08:53PM (#44342021)

Ballistic missiles are a problem but also why it would be better to keep them from having nuclear bombs to put on those missiles.

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Re:Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on... by sorcerer-mar on Saturday June 21, 2025 @09:17PM (#44342227)

Yep, the JCPOA was canceled because 1) Bibi has always wanted to go to war with Iran, and knew very well how to get the US's help to do it, and 2) Trump's ego can be trivially played by just saying it's something Obama got credit for.

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