#WarInTheMiddleEast
#Iran|s #NuclearProgram
vs #Iraq's #WMD:
#HistoryRhymes

... countries, denying them their right to exist.

8. Both illegitimate regimes did subjugate their corresponding muslim populations, though Saddam never started a much more dangerous #HolyWar.

These just out of the top of my head, but there are probably more incongruences.

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@rowat_c @su_liam @_L1vY_ @Chadbourn

@rowat_c
@su_liam @_L1vY_ @Chadbourn

@rowat_c @su_liam @_L1vY_ @Chadbourn

#WarInTheMiddleEast
#Iran|s #NuclearProgram
vs #Iraq's #WMD:
#HistoryRhymes

(2/n)

...of similarities, but also a myriad of big differences, such as:

1. Not a three-letter national #US agency fabricated the #FakeNews about the weapons of mass destruction, #WMD, but the independent international #IEAI

@rowat_c

#WarInTheMiddleEast
#Iran|s #NuclearProgram
vs #Iraq's #WMD:
#HistoryRhymes

(1/n)

Granted, there are a lot of similarities to the #CIA's #IraqWMDTale, but as @su_liam and I established in the following convo only yesterday,

"history rhymes but it *never* goes in circles:"

https://mas.to/@su_liam/114700393294678463

That is assured by the #ChaoticAttractor that *always* is in place from a systems theory point of view, when humans are involved.

So, granted, there are a...
@_L1vY_ @Chadbourn

@linuxgnome

#WarInTheMiddleEast
#Iran's #NuclearProgram:

Not true, here's a reliable article about the #IAEA's report from May, 2025:

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/114705343047605788

@AJ_andrew69 @TonyStark

@desperadoduck @emptywheel.bsky.social

#WarInTheMiddleEast
#Iran #NuclearProgram

(3/3)

...this week.

Almost all experts in international law said that the attack was probably not self defense.

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@desperadoduck @emptywheel.bsky.social

#WarInTheMiddleEast
#Iran #NuclearProgram

(2/3)

...secret from its inspectors.
31.05.2025

... the country now has almost 409 kilograms of uranium with a purity of up to 60 percent. Since the last quarterly report in February, the amount has therefore increased by almost half..."

Also true:
A political journalist did a survey about the validity of #Netanyahu's claim that the assault was "in self-defense", which I heard on the radio...

@desperadoduck

#WarInTheMiddleEast
#Iran #NuclearProgram

(1/2)

True, but let's view all the evidence:

*International Atomic Energy Agency*
*#IAEA reports sharp increase in highly enriched uranium in Iran*
The amount of almost weapons-grade #uranium in Iran has increased by around half in a short period of time. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the country has also kept several #nuclear facilities...

https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/iaea-iran-steigert-menge-an-beinahe-waffenfaehigem-uran-erheblich-a-d1e33409-8383-4e11-8132-212dec1a863a

@emptywheel.bsky.social