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5. I thought the criteria for attacking them was whether they were weaponized

Reply to Greg_In_SF (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 11:40 AM

17 hrs ago

...operational, or had anything to do with making bombs.

Not just that they existed.

But, I get that this is the Trump era, where they can just point to something and claim it's a threat.

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A president lying the country into war, again [View all] bigtree 18 hrs ago OP

We only hit three sites Greg_In_SF 17 hrs ago #1

an internet analysis bigtree 17 hrs ago #2

Ummm... Greg_In_SF 17 hrs ago #4

I thought the criteria for attacking them was whether they were weaponized bigtree 17 hrs ago #5

Do you actually think Greg_In_SF 17 hrs ago #6

do you know anything about how we managed that possibility without bogus claims and threats bigtree 16 hrs ago #8

What good is a nuclear Greg_In_SF 16 hrs ago #9

better than war, at least at the point Trump unilaterally broke the agreement bigtree 15 hrs ago #11

A week away? That means you're painting it leftstreet 17 hrs ago #3

there's the actual nuclear threat, and there's the WH's rhetorical description of an eliminated threat bigtree 17 hrs ago #7

This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree 12 hrs ago #12

Its a Republican thang: Lying the country into a war... milestogo 16 hrs ago #10

Trump said they "want a deal more than he does" bigtree 12 hrs ago #13