Trump Waved Off Planned Israeli Strike on Iranian Nuclear Sites
www.nytimes.com
Israel developed plans for attacking Iranian nuclear facilities that would have required U.S. assistance. But some administration officials had doubts.

Israel had planned to strike Iranian nuclear sites as soon as next month but was waved off by President Trump in recent weeks in favor of negotiating a deal with Tehran to limit its nuclear program, according to administration officials and others briefed on the discussions.

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      10 days ago

      It’s so fucking stupid. We’re going to end up with an objectively worse deal simply because Trump couldn’t accept something Obama accomplished.

      Also, I’m not sure why Iran would ever trust this administration to hold up its side of the deal.

      • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
        2·
        9 days ago

        Libya and Ukraine are two warning examples what happens if you give up your nukes. There is no reason for Iran to trust this US administration or any other administration to come.

        So Iran at the very least will try to maintain a level of being ready to develop and build a few nukes in a short time frame, if any outside threat would become more serious. In order for Iran to not feel such a threat to manifest, the whole power dynamics in the region would need to change fundamentally. But with Saudi Arabia, Israel and Turkey being strategic threats and Israel also having nukes, i don’t see any scenario where Iran would not have reasons to feel threatened.