Usually Israel originates false claims of an imminent Iran nuclear breakout, but this week it is US officials starting the panic, telling senators in an assessment that if the Iranians really wanted to, they could have enough fissile material to build a single bomb in only 60 days.
This statement is, of course, all built around wiggle words. Iran has a lot of fissile material, but has enriched none of it to weapons grade, and isn’t even attempting to do so. In the form of fuel for its power plant at Bushehr, Iran could have a lot of fissile material, but not be anywhere near a bomb.
We have to question what “breakout” capacity even means, as it clearly doesn’t mean 60 days for Iran to have a weapon. Rather, it seems to suggest some nebulous metric could be attained, if the Iranians decided to attain it, which they haven’t, and if everything went right after that.
All in all, Iran has no weapons-grade uranium at present, nor expectations that they’ll try to acquire any. The theoretical capacity of their enrichment program to make some, if they really wanted to, is a flimsy basis for such accusations, since once again there’s no reason to suspect this even might happen.
The whole point of these breakout dates isn’t to state facts, but to push political agendas. Normally, Israel to trying to steer the US into hawkish positions. In today’s case, US Democrats are trying to spin this as a problem caused by President Trump’s policy.
Just more proof the JCPOA is dead, regardless of any “agreement”.
Nuclear terrorism is 1940’s technology supporting financial piracy today.
This theft of 3.5 billion from Afghans by the Briggons who invaded for 911 reparations is a good example of this piracy in action TODAY. Comes next? “We are going to give your wife to General Sadistman for that comment you made on Commondreams.com about Mohammed Atta” And don’t forget, that prominent DC politicians were talking about criminalizing conspiracy theoris like those surrounding nine# 11.
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One of your best, Jason. Kudos.
Let’s assume that Iran DOES want to make a nuclear weapon, just as insurance against attack. First they have to have the proper materials- which they don’t. Second, they have to have at least one working prototype for testing their design- and this means at least two or more weapons being manufactured. Then there’s the problem of testing such a weapon in a way that it’s completely undetectable- fat chance of that. And, assuming they do assemble a working weapon, then they need a delivery system that’s also been tested. And they’re supposed to be able to do all of this in complete secrecy, with no one in the entire world outside of involved individuals being the wiser?
Then again, Iran might not have to go through all of that. With our doing everything in our power to push Iran into waiting Russian or Chinese arms, either of those nations could plant nukes in-country literally in a matter of days.
Newsflash Iran has nukes