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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by billfor on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @10:53AM (#48109192)
I might agree but would wait until the highly enriched uranium situation is resolved, because if Iran gets to keep their approx 1000lbs all they have to do is make a simple gun-type device and sail it into New York City. It's pretty easy. If the HEU is extracted from Iran it makes everything worth the pain, and also fyi Trump ran on the issue so it should be no surprise to anybody. I also note that people complaining about depleting US munitition stockpiles are nowhere to be found when the issue of Ukraine is brought up, and all the material we give (and will give) to them.
Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by mint5 on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @11:11AM (#48109502)
So a win will be returning to Obama’s Iran deal?

And the reason no one brings up Ukraine is because we used more interceptors in three days than were sent to Ukraine in the entire 4+ years of war. It’s a complaint that doesn’t make sense unless one is jd Vance.

The difference is obvious.

Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by programjames on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @12:05PM (#48110202)
Why would you think returning to Obama's Iran deal would be a win? Actually, let me word this better: how could you possibly think that anyone in the White House for the past decade would think returning to Obama's Iran deal is better than this war?

The reason it's so incredible you could think such a thing is the White House has been saying how horrible that deal was in every interview for months, and of course intermittently for a decade.

Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by mint5 on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @12:37PM (#48110645)
I don’t think it’s a win, I said that in the context of the comment above. Note the question mark
Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by programjames on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @01:32PM (#48111479)
> Long comment before yours

"So a win will be returning to Obama’s Iran deal?"

Where in that long comment before yours did you see an implication that anyone was thinking a return to Obama's Iran deal was a win? Why did you use the word "so"?

Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by mint5 on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @03:28PM (#48113225)
They talked about Iran giving up its HEU, i.e. basically returning its uranium stocks to the Obama deal days when Iran agreed to even get rid of its modest quantity of medium enriched uranium.

Why are people so literal these days? The poster didn’t use a magic buzzword so no one can connect dots?

An no, I don’t actually think they’d consider returning to Obama’s deal would be a win because if I had to guess anything Obama did is the definition of bad in may peoples books.

Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by programjames on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @01:22AM (#48118155)
So, to clarify, you were just trying to spread the meme that Iran giving up its HEU was equivalent or inferior to just holding to Obama's deal, in spite of your belief the commenter you were replying to would not agree with this, nor the instigators of this war?

Maybe don't troll. Or sealion. Or shill. Or propagandize. Not sure which of these is the best description, but it's one of them.

Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by throwworhtthrow on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @11:03AM (#48109390)
> all they have to do is

US IC assessment is Iran is 5-10y away from delivery tech, and there's no imminent threat.

Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by billfor on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @11:07AM (#48109447)
What do you mean delivery tech? Your delivery tech is a cargo ship. We're not talking about an ICBM that requires sophisticated re-entry materials. We are talking about a crude gun-device like Hiroshima, which is actually pretty easy if you google it.
Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by thatmf on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @11:04AM (#48109407)
And yet again, even in these hypotheticals, New Yorkers suffer for decisions they didn't make and don't want. Why don't they sail it into Florida?
Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by thisisit on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @01:06PM (#48111096)
> because if Iran gets to keep their approx 1000lbs all they have to do is make a simple gun-type device and sail it into New York City

You need to stop watching too many movies and/or conspiracy videos. Given how security has gotten tighter it is impossible to "sail it into New York City". The budgets for nearly every 3 letter agency is up. The only reason to make up such absurd points is to get more funding for the agencies or just continuing the war.