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Blinken Says Iran Is '1-to-2' Weeks From Starting to Build a Nuke

Secretary of State Antony Blinken used the occasion of an interview at the Aspen Security Forum to announce that Iran “is now probably one or two weeks” away from having enough fissile material to construct a nuclear weapon. The real news is that Iran may already have a bomb.

Sensing the weakness that is Joe Biden, Iran has carried on a low-grade hybrid war against the US, killing American servicemen and using their Houthi proxies in Yemen to attack Saudi Arabia and shipping in the Red Sea.

As a bonus, Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear energy corporation, had sanctions lifted and a significant cash infusion shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine.

What is much more likely is that the Iranians have a nuclear weapon on hand. In February 2023, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl told the House Armed Services Committee that Iran could make enough fissile for one nuclear bomb in "about 12 days." If they could make enough material for a bomb in "about 12 days" a year and a half ago, there is no reason to assume they didn't. There is nothing in the behavior of the Biden White House that could have possibly deterred them. Just last month, the official White House estimate was 18 months.

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Patriot96 · 56-60, C
Kilary sold 20% of our uranium to russia who in turns sold it to iran. Bathhouse Barry financed the Iranians with billions spirited in unmarked aircraft in the middle of the night. Fjb lifted Iranian sanctions. What did you expect
BuzzedLightyear · 61-69, M
Iran's about to get an air mail special delivery from Israel.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@BuzzedLightyear And Israel will get on via Pakistan by return mail. Israel is the evil one in this conflict. Kind of sad to say so.
BuzzedLightyear · 61-69, M
@hippyjoe1955 God's people, brother. Regardless of their sins.
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Gibbon · 70-79, M
We can actually thank the wonderful Obama for this. Old Joe just continued the funding.
Thank Obama and Biden. Iran couldn't have done it without them.
FreestyleArt · 36-40, M
@BizSuitStacy That too.
carpediem · M
Maybe Joe B needs to give them more $$ so they can finish it
Where’s they get the uranium is the first Q 8B ppl should be asking..
but dont suggest it’s uranium one sold onto them by Putin for profit…
Yeah, we had international nuclear inspectors regularly visiting every site they chose in Iran; negotiated courtesy of Obama.

Who blew up that deal??

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
Hopefully the election of the reformist Masoud Pezeshkian will help to moderate the more radical elements of the Iran regime and increase cooperation with the IEEA before Trump starts wrecking things again.
FreestyleArt · 36-40, M
They will eventually, thanks to North Korea's Help.
Convivial · 26-30, F
Is this the same guy that said iraq had WMDs?
Baremine · 70-79, C
BohoBabe · M
Damn, Biden really shouldn't have ended the Iran Deal... wait a second...
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sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
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