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Beastly Boy

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2. "If Iran wants it to". The OP comes down to an assessment that Iran wouldn't want it to.

Reply to Beastly Boy (Original post)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 04:33 PM

Jul 17

Whatever the degree of the physical damage to Iran's nuclear program may be, it is the preponderance of strategic regional failures in addition to decades-long commitment of resources that went to waste in a matter of days, and the consequent loss of face for the regime that is likely to serve as a future deterrent to Iran's commitment to it.

What Iran knows now that they didn't know before is that the details of their nuclear program are not as well-hidden as they thought and their resources are not as protected as they thought. And the price they may have to pay for continuing with it may be catastrophic to the regime.

In hindsight, the political consequences of Iran reviving their program is likely to far outweigh the incentives to rebuild it.

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Billions lost, nothing gained: The strategic collapse of Iran's nuclear program [View all] Beastly Boy Jul 17 OP

American insiders apparently have a different assessment. Eugene Jul 17 #1

"If Iran wants it to". The OP comes down to an assessment that Iran wouldn't want it to. Beastly Boy Jul 17 #2