To think the US was right to bomb Iran? What am I missing?

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I am no fan of Trump. I’m very much left wing.

But am I missing something here? Why has everyone become such huge supporters of Iran? The world is a safer place as a result of removing their capability to develop nuclear weapons? Why is everyone carrying on like Iran is a victim and they were truly just trying to implement peaceful nuclear capabilities? Has everyone lost the plot?

What would you do about Iran developing nuclear weapons?

You don’t have to pick any sides to acknowledge that Israel has absolutely obliterated the Gaza Strip & any signs of life within it.

What about Iran and Russia?

It’s not nonsense. She literally said it.

So that tweet shows that Trump is doing as Obama did and would? But you’re agreeing with 2013 Trump?

The EU review disagrees with your first paragraph . The review is officially out tomorrow which states.
“collective punishment of the civilian population” – which is illegal under international law – and that it also amounts to the use of “starvation as a method of war”.

It also references the “unprecedented level of killing and injury of civilians in Gaza” resulting from “indiscriminate attacks without proportion or precaution”.

And for your second paragraph.
Hamas offered to give up power in February.
Netanyahu has stated releasing the hostages will not change the situation.

Whilst this may be the case, none of us actually know. What we do know is it’s been 30yrs since the Israeli PM first claimed they were only a couple of years away from having nuclear weapons.

Some of us are old enough to remember the Iraq war & the threats of ‘weapons of mass destruction’.

There is one rather big difference between Iran and Russia.

It’s not my fault I had to kill them as they were in the way - how pathetic is that?

Neither of your last points are true.

When did Obama bomb Iran?

So, why can some countries have nuclear weapons, but others can't? Who decides?

If it's the case that if your leader is of unsound mind then you can't have them, surely the US shouldn't have any?

I don’t this has been answered by anyone so far

Most of us are old enough. Incorrect intelligence about a different country 20 years ago isn’t a good enough reason to turn a blind eye to Iran developing nuclear weapons?

What would you do about Iran developing nuclear weapons?

This made me scream out loud. How can you be in control of your own area but not have a means of free passage in and out of your land. You need permission of Israel to register a birth. At times the blockage prevented chocolate coming though. Israel counted their calories. How could Israel just so easily decide to turn off water, power and medicine if Gaza wasn't occupied. Gaza was described as a open air concentration camp. Ca. You honestly say that you would live like that and not be under occupation.

Israel have consistently increased settlements in the west bank.

I wonder how many bombs Obama dropped during his first or second term in office, without Congressional approval? Leaving out Afghanistan and Iraq, of course. I remember it was a lot and besides those two countries, something like five other ones. I guess that it just needs to be done sometimes.

No one was turning a blind eye to anything. The Iranian nuclear programme is overseen by the atomic watchdog.

This is WMD all over again.

Well not quite the grace of god but a NEED to develop defensive mechanisms like the Iron Dome, David’s sling and the Arrow.

I suppose constantly being attacked by surrounding hostile countries rather focuses the mind towards developing innovative tech like that which no other country has or needs?

Also the building regs that every home and civilian area must have a bomb shelter.

In addition to Israel not using civilian infrastructure for terrorist activities and civilians themselves as human shields (see above).

It’s rather disingenuous that people don’t take this into account when trying to make a comparison to deaths in Israel as opposed to deaths in terrorist operating areas nearby which includes Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Yemen.

I mean look at where the Iranian missiles that did get through landed in Israel. imagine if the other 95% had.

So you feel completely assured and certain there was nothing to worry about wrt Iran developing weapons?

This has been asked multiple times and answered multiple times. Why can’t people google?

I think a lot of people are very happy to see Jewish people die. They didn’t seem to flinch at 7/10, or when the bibas babies were strangled in front of their mother, or when an Israeli hospital was bombed. For some reason those deaths don’t seem to matter. So I guess they’re happy for Iran and Hamas to fulfil their explicit goals?

One poster did answer. She said she’d do nothing because she didn’t care if Iran had them.

What a truly ridiculous post this is. If you by people mean posters here, this post should really be reported and removed it’s disgusting.

Do you really think Iran is going to show the watchdog its development of weapons?

But it seems quite possible that that's how they could be treated:

www.memri.org/reports/palestinian-islamic-scholar-sheikh-yousef-abu-islam-homosexuals-should-be-thrown-rooftops

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-17/hamas-ready-to-cede-power-in-gaza-in-step-to-extend-ceasefire

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cjwqqnlgn1vt