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True Dough

(23,358 posts)
Tue May 20, 2025, 07:27 PM May 20

New intelligence suggests Israel is preparing possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, US officials say

Source: CNN

The US has obtained new intelligence suggesting that Israel is making preparations to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, even as the Trump administration has been pursuing a diplomatic deal with Tehran, multiple US officials familiar with the latest intelligence told CNN.

Such a strike would be a brazen break with President Donald Trump, US officials said. It could also risk tipping off a broader regional conflict in the Middle East — something the US has sought to avoid since the war in Gaza inflamed tensions beginning in 2023.

Officials caution it’s not clear that Israeli leaders have made a final decision, and that in fact, there is deep disagreement within the US government about the likelihood that Israel will ultimately act. Whether and how Israel strikes will likely depend on what it thinks of the US negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear program.

But “the chance of an Israeli strike on an Iranian nuclear facility has gone up significantly in recent months,” said another person familiar with US intelligence on the issue. “And the prospect of a Trump-negotiated US-Iran deal that doesn’t remove all of Iran’s uranium makes the chance of a strike more likely.”

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/politics/intelligence-israel-possible-strike-iran-nuclear-facilities



This could get messy...
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New intelligence suggests Israel is preparing possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, US officials say (Original Post) True Dough May 20 OP
Yeah, but GQP have other priorities..... Lovie777 May 20 #1
And cutting taxes liberalgunwilltravel May 20 #2
Nutty Yahoo has lost his mind. My grandmother would say he's too big for his britches. littlemissmartypants May 20 #3
Would you prefer a nuclear Iran? Mosby May 20 #6
Hell no, but at this point I'm really starting to question if a Nuclear Israel is a really bad thing or not. Eko May 20 #8
I believe . . . Richard D May 20 #9
You honestly believe that Iran doesn't have nukes already? Javaman May 20 #10
What I believe doesn't matter nt Richard D May 20 #11
Israel can bomb the crap out of Iran and it will do nothing Javaman May 20 #12
That does not make sense. Richard D May 20 #13
I guess you don't read my above response about them just having to assemble it Javaman May 20 #14
They haven't reached 90% enriched uranium yet Mosby May 20 #15
so we will preemptively blab stopdiggin May 20 #4
Another situation where the 'Great Negotiator' is told to sit down and STFU... EarthFirst May 20 #5
The U.S. a will be at war by 2028 unless Lump croaks Ponietz May 20 #7
Sooner, the way he's going Bayard May 20 #18
Did Vlad manipulate him with kompromat? Ponietz May 21 #19
A strike on Iranian nuclear facilities would be far more justified than the total annihilation of Gaza. Martin68 May 20 #16
Well they won't have the element of surprise if it's in the news IronLionZion May 20 #17

littlemissmartypants

(28,121 posts)
3. Nutty Yahoo has lost his mind. My grandmother would say he's too big for his britches.
Tue May 20, 2025, 08:01 PM
May 20

He's a war criminal already so I guess he figures, what does he have to lose...?

Scary.

Eko

(9,415 posts)
8. Hell no, but at this point I'm really starting to question if a Nuclear Israel is a really bad thing or not.
Tue May 20, 2025, 08:58 PM
May 20

Richard D

(9,967 posts)
9. I believe . . .
Tue May 20, 2025, 09:00 PM
May 20

. . . many would rather see that than to see Israel succeeding at destroying their nuclear capabilities. Hell, people will probably be marching in the streets in support of the Islamic Republic of Iran and waving Iranian flags and calling for Israel's destruction.

Javaman

(64,074 posts)
10. You honestly believe that Iran doesn't have nukes already?
Tue May 20, 2025, 09:07 PM
May 20

It’s pretty common knowledge in defense circles that they already have one or more, but they’re not assembled.

This has been a common tactic of “pre-nuke” countries for years before they finally reveal they have one

Javaman

(64,074 posts)
12. Israel can bomb the crap out of Iran and it will do nothing
Tue May 20, 2025, 09:13 PM
May 20

They will still have a nuke.

Javaman

(64,074 posts)
14. I guess you don't read my above response about them just having to assemble it
Tue May 20, 2025, 09:43 PM
May 20

We’re done.

Have a good one

Mosby

(18,659 posts)
15. They haven't reached 90% enriched uranium yet
Tue May 20, 2025, 09:50 PM
May 20

But they are close. Breakout time is now a couple weeks to a couple months.

stopdiggin

(13,911 posts)
4. so we will preemptively blab
Tue May 20, 2025, 08:05 PM
May 20

ordinarily internal and very secretive intelligence assessment(s) regarding a close ally's tactical planning/preparation - to be used as a bargaining chip in negotiations with a third party hostile power - that are not going near as well as our domestic propaganda and 'puffery' have been advertising.

sounds about right.

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EarthFirst

(3,694 posts)
5. Another situation where the 'Great Negotiator' is told to sit down and STFU...
Tue May 20, 2025, 08:07 PM
May 20

The worst part of this is one of these days he’s going to go completely unhinged on the world stage just to prove a point.

Ponietz

(3,934 posts)
19. Did Vlad manipulate him with kompromat?
Wed May 21, 2025, 03:48 AM
May 21

Getting a sense Lump doesn’t feel threatened by it anymore and will turn on him. He hasn’t forgotten the humiliation in Helsinki 2017.

Martin68

(25,967 posts)
16. A strike on Iranian nuclear facilities would be far more justified than the total annihilation of Gaza.
Tue May 20, 2025, 10:00 PM
May 20

IronLionZion

(49,194 posts)
17. Well they won't have the element of surprise if it's in the news
Tue May 20, 2025, 10:34 PM
May 20

Iran doesn't have many allies left. Syria overthrew Assad and has been distancing themselves from Russia and Iran. Hamas is badly weakened. The Houthis have limited capabilities.

Israel is calculating this might be the best time to strike with minimal risk of retaliation.

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