Drone strikes halt a third of the world's helium supply, threatening chip production

[GeoffreyA]

In what bizarre fantasy world do you believe an Iran armed with nuclear-tipped ICBMs is good for the US and Europe? Even if one absurdly believes Iran won't use weapons like this directly, it will pass them onto its proxies. Groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis used to be armed with nothing more advanced than hand-made mortars. Thanks to Iran, they have long-range ballistic missiles, anti-ship missiles, and kamikaze drones.

Also, the moment Iran gains nukes, a half-dozen neighbors will begin to develop their own. Pakistan developed their nukes in response to India's nuclear progam; North Korea theirs in response to the US basing nukes in South Korea, and even France and the UK developed their weapons in response to the Soviet nuclear threat. This is why we call it nuclear proliferation. And it needs to be stopped.

Are we going back in time to Iraq, Saddam Hussein, and WMDs? Especially in the light of bad-faith nuclear talks that were going well, and a fatwa against nuclear weapons by the country's former leader.

Also note that the most immediate benefactors of the attacks on Iran are ... the people of Iran itself. You can find plenty of Youtube videos of those citizens -- both in Iran and around the world -- literally dancing in the streets as the regime is dismantled. The entire Iranian women's soccer team defected to Australia ... that is, except, for the three women who the Iranian gestapo convinced to change their mind, by threatening to imprison and/or murder their families back in Iran.

Strange that the people of Iran are benefactors when there have over 1,000 civilian deaths, as well as the killing of 160 or so at the school, most of whom were little girls.

I don't see Israeli police kidnapping, gang-raping, and murdering young women for daring to appear in public without head garb. That's all on Iran. Spare me your synthetic outrage.

Well, they've got Sde Teiman detention camp where the atrocities, including rapes, take place.

 

[Endymio]

Are we going back in time to Iraq, Saddam Hussein, and WMDs? [and] fatwa against nuclear weapons.

Stop. Just stop with this nonsense.

PARIS (Reuters) – Almost half of Iran’s uranium enriched to up to 60% purity, a short step from weapons-grade, was stored in a tunnel complex at Isfahan and is probably still there, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday.

The IAEA estimates that when Israel launched its first attacks in June, Iran had 440.9 kg of 60% uranium, [enough for] 10 nuclear weapons...

I'll note that 60% HEU is useless for anything but nuclear weapons. And that Iran has expanded its ballstic missile range from 150 km to 2,000+ km in just the last couple decades, is developing MIRV technology, and, with slight modifications to its current SRVs, can strike any spot in the northern hemisphere.

Especially in the light of bad-faith nuclear talks that were going well...

Except the talks were not "going well". Iran refused outright to surrender their weapons grade enrichment program, as well as refusing to stop advancing their offensive ballistic missile programs and their worldwide support for terrorist proxies. What else was there to talk about?

Strange that the people of Iran are benefactors when there have over 1,000 civilian deaths

Strange you pretend to care about those 1,000 civilians, when you ignore the 15,000+ civilians Iran massacred in the days leading up to the war, all of whom were -- unlike the civilians accidentally struck by the US and Israel -- intentionally targeted by a murderous regime.

 

[Squid Surprise]

Are we going back in time to Iraq, Saddam Hussein, and WMDs? Especially in the light of bad-faith nuclear talks that were going well, and a fatwa against nuclear weapons by the country's former leader.


Strange that the people of Iran are benefactors when there have over 1,000 civilian deaths, as well as the killing of 160 or so at the school, most of whom were little girls.


Well, they've got Sde Teiman detention camp where the atrocities, including rapes, take place.

Still waiting on any evidence for your lies…

 

[GeoffreyA]

Stop. Just stop with this nonsense.

PARIS (Reuters) – Almost half of Iran’s uranium enriched to up to 60% purity, a short step from weapons-grade, was stored in a tunnel complex at Isfahan and is probably still there, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday.

I'll note that 60% HEU is useless for anything but nuclear weapons. And that Iran has expanded its ballstic missile range from 150 km to 2,000+ km in just the last couple decades, is developing MIRV technology, and, with slight modifications to its current SRVs, can strike any spot in the northern hemisphere.

Iran was nowhere close to a nuclear bomb, experts say

Although President Trump has claimed Iran was weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon, much more work was needed for the country to do so

www.scientificamerican.com

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www.nytimes.com

Strange you pretend to care about those 1,000 civilians, when you ignore the 15,000+ civilians Iran massacred in the days leading up to the war, all of whom were -- unlike the civilians accidentally struck by the US and Israel -- intentionally targeted by a murderous regime.

I did not pretend to care about anyone, but responded to your point that the attacks on Iran are beneficial to Iranians. I do not profess love for the Iranian government, nor am I sweeping under the carpet the massacres of protesters. Simply, that the current attacks cannot be of benefit to the people of Iran when civilians are dying.

Still waiting on any evidence for your lies…

See links above about the nuclear question.

Iran war casualties:

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www.npr.org

Sde Teiman:

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edition.cnn.com

Israel drops charges against soldiers accused of abusing Gaza detainee

The Israeli military's top lawyer cites "exceptional circumstances" for dropping the case involving a Palestinian man held at Sde Teiman military prison.

www.bbc.com

There are ample references.