By Trump's bombing of Iran, he has foolishly only renewed or accelerated Iran's determination to aquire nuclear weapons. He ignored the intelligence of his own intelligence agencies that concluded that Iran's was not yet prepared to do that.
Trump: ‘I don’t care’ that Tulsi Gabbard said Iran wasn’t close to having nuclear weapon
President Trump rejected his own director of national intelligence’s assessment of Iran’s nuclear capabilities in remarks as he returned from the Group of Seven summit in Alberta, Canada, a day early to weigh America’s response to escalating airstrikes between Israel and Iran.
Tulsi Gabbard testified before Congress in March that while Iran had an “unprecedented” stockpile of weapons-grade uranium, the country did not appear to be building a nuclear weapon.
“I don’t care what she said. I think they were very close to having one,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One in the wee hours of Tuesday morning in response to a direct question about Gabbard’s testimony.
The intelligence community, Gabbard said in March, “continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader Khamenei has not authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003.”
CNN reported Tuesday that American intelligence assessments continued to say Iran was not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon and was up to three years out from being able to launch one. Israel has claimed Iran was approaching a crucial tipping point for developing nuclear capabilities as justification for its airstrikes.
Trump’s remarks come as the White House weighs whether to wade into the conflict. While the United States could assist Israel in other ways, American “bunker-buster” bombs are believed to be necessary to significantly damage a key Iranian uranium enrichment plant that Israel is targeting.
Trump ignored the assessment of our own intelligence agencies in favor of Netanyahu's determination to get U.S. help to destroy targets in Iran beyond the capability of Israel's own military to destroy. Because of Trump's envy and admiration for Tyrants, like Netanyahu has increasingly become, he went along with it.
To make things even worse, even if he had destroyed Iran's chances of developing its own nuclear weapons (which is doubtful), Iran is still likely to acquire nuclear weapons because outrage over Trump's attacks has resulted in
Many Nations Ready To Supply Iran With Their Nuclear Warheads: Top Putin Aide
Add to this the fact that many nations who have previously signed the Non-Nuclear Proliferation Treaty no longer feel safe because of promises not kept to some who have done so. One prominent example is Ukraine who was promised protection if they gave up their nuclear arms. That did not deter Russia from invading them. Consequently, more nations than ever are likely to abandon that treaty and develop their own nuclear weapons.
No precept or claim is more suspect or more likely to be false than one that can only be supported by invoking the claim of Divine authority for it--no matter who or what claims such authority.
