US strikes destroyed only one of three Iranian nuclear sites
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Via: krishna • last year • 8 commentsBy: Reporting by Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru; Additional reporting by Angela Christy
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Iran's nuclear program was set back...but definitely not "obliterated".
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July 17 (Reuters) - A new U.S. assessment has found that U.S. strikes in June mostly destroyed one of three targeted Iranian nuclear sites, but the other two were not as badly damaged, NBC News reported on Thursday, citing current and former U.S. officials.
The report said that U.S. officials believe the attack on Iran's Fordow nuclear facility was successful in setting back enrichment capabilities there by as much as two years, citing two current officials. The two other facilities that the U.S. struck were not as badly damaged and may have been degraded only to a point where nuclear enrichment could resume in the next several months if Iran wants it to, the report added.
White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told Reuters in an emailed statement: "As the President has said and experts have verified, Operation Midnight Hammer totally obliterated Iran's nuclear capabilities." The chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell told NBC that U.S. President Donald Trump "was clear and the American people understand: Iran's nuclear facilities in Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz were completely and totally obliterated. There is no doubt about that."
A preliminary assessment in June from the Defense Intelligence Agency suggested that the strikes may have only set back Iran's nuclear program by months. But Trump administration officials said that assessment was low confidence and had been overtaken by intelligence showing …
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A new U.S. assessment has found that U.S. strikes in June mostly destroyed one of three targeted Iranian nuclear sites, but the other two were not as badly damaged, NBC News reported on Thursday, citing current and former U.S. officials.
We have been told the story from total obliteration to only a few weeks to resume enrichment and every possibility in between. So what are we to believe?
The two other facilities that the U.S. struck were not as badly damaged and may have been degraded only to a point where nuclear enrichment could resume in the next several months if Iran wants it to, the report added.
If Iran wants it to? Do you even imagine that they won't?
White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told Reuters in an emailed statement: "As the President has said and experts have verified, Operation Midnight Hammer totally obliterated Iran's nuclear capabilities."
A bit unclear.
Questions arise. For example:
Who are these alledged "experts"?
The facilites are/were deep underground. Did these so-called "experts" actually go down deep into where the facilities were-- or did they merely view the area from the air?
Apparently different people have differing interpretations of the phrases "totally obliterated"...and "degraded"/
No kidding? LOL
So, do you believe this man?
Or this man?
Or this man?
I don't believe ANY of them.
I also do not believe any of them . . .