I guess we will eventually know what damage the Iranian nuclear program suffered. I expect we will have to wait a while.
While we await the verdict of History, skepticism seems prudent for all "news" and Internet bloviating.
History is a set of lies we agree to tell each other.
- Bernard Le Bouyer de Frontenelle
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I think the truth is dead and is never coming back. I’m seeing AI vids of Ayatollah Cornholio, Blumpf, and Putler saying obviously ridiculous things but they were done so well…they could say anything and it would sound and look legit. We can no longer trust anything we see or hear…
AI Deep Fakes does make it hard to accept anything, even "grainy war videos" as anything close to the truth.
Maybe in 72 hours we will see more clearly.
Personally, I'd follow ole Remus's advice to "Stay away from crowds" until well past the 4th of July.
I noticed that msm.com is calling Pr. Trump a war President. Pr. Truman was the last war President, becoming President upon the death of Pr. Roosevelt during WWII. All the rest of the non-war events in the last 80 years being undeclared use of military assets. Among other changes I would make if I was given the capability, I would require that any extended military use of force would require a Declaration of War as laid out in the Constitution.
President Trump, like Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Biden, is using military force unchecked by Congress.
Congress could choose to support his actions with a Declaration of War. Congress could pass a resolution denouncing his use of force. Instead, just as in every other case, they will bluster, do nothing, and look toward their next re-election.
With the way the world is now, I would stay away from crowds until further notice.
And I have gotten to where I don't believe much unless I see it for myself. Even primary sources are suspect.
In addition to ASM826's remark above, I would like to add one additional requirement when declaring war, for any reason:
Every child(18 and older) of every member of congress voting for a declaration of war/raid is immediately seized and put into the US Army as a grunt, to be used as cannon fodder on the front lines(assuming there are any front lines, that is...)
Also, each member of the cabinet would also have to send their children or grandchildren straight into combat. I would LOVE to see Barron Trump given a (dull)pocket knife as a weapon and parachuted into downtown Tehran just after noon prayers.
I'm still feeling pretty angry over this, to say the least, but I've managed to calm down after I heard about this last night.
A little...I'm no longer fantasizing about lowering the US decision makers into a vat of molten steel, inch by inch.
It's a guarantee the damage is less than the US claims and more than Iran will admit. As to its effect on their nuclear agenda...the desire for nukes is a mindset. As long as the people running Iran want nukes it's a certainty hat eventually they will acquire them. If you have the money you can eventually get anything you want if it actually exists.
I always stay away from crowds. I hate them.
I assume that the IC and the military have better BDA than I do. At least I hope so. So my guide to the actual damage done will be what they do in the days and weeks ahead. Further strikes will indicate they think it didn't succeed, at least in the absence of Iranian retaliation that can't be ignored.
Always has been, nothing new. The winners write history, not the losers...
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