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Following Trump’s attacks on Iran, an admin official tells Rolling Stone, “The intelligence assessments have not really changed”

After Donald Trump’s decision to strike three Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday, administration officials are barely bothering to pretend the unprecedented — and potentially calamitous — attacks were motivated by new intelligence suggesting Iran was on the brink of having nuclear weapons.

Just months ago, Trump’s Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified to Congress, in her opening statement, that the U.S. intel community “continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon” and had not reauthorized its nuclear weapons program.

While Trump recently publicly disputed Gabbard’s testimony, according to two administration officials with knowledge of internal deliberations in recent weeks, the president’s decision to strike was not driven by any new U.S. intelligence on Iran.

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[–] [email protected] 100 points 1 week ago

But women are "too emotional" to be president. Fucking hell, just choke on hamberder already.

[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Intel probably came in the form of a new deposit clearing in Trump’s bank account

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Who uses bank accounts anymore? They probably bought a bunch of $TRUMP. Doesn't every US President have their own private currency?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Antiquities scholars of some future alien race thumbing through hard drives like Roman coins

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 week ago (4 children)

You thought vibe coding was bad? Welcome to the age of vibe bombing...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Siri, bomb a middle eastern country.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Vibe-running the world is the new hotness

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Vranyo.

You know I’m lying, and I know that you know, and you know that I know that you know, but I go ahead with a straight face, and you nod seriously and take notes.

The bald faced lies are like the final insult. Even during the lead up to Iraq they made a show of trying to fake intelligence enough to suit their goals. Now it's just, fuck it we ball, and say whatever, who cares, and who cares if they know we're lying, they can't do anything about it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m mildly surprised the Trump leaning press is not claiming that Iran is friendly with monstrous tentacled aliens , and that is why, sadly there must be more war, to save earth..

Many would just believe it

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago

There is no intelligence in the whole administration, we know.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

It's better if Cursor does it

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

“Source: literally my ass”

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ship Trump to Iran and let them do what they will

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

How about making that "Deport Trump to Iran and tell their president this is the asshole who gave the order to attack the nuclear facilities in your country, and then leave them and get the hell out of there while leaving them to do whatever the hell they want with him"

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wasn't the picture of 1970s Iranian women (dressed like US 1970s women) just floating around a couple months along with the attached comment stating "pictures of places before Muslim rule floating around means the US is about to bomb them" or does that just happen every year

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Iran was a liberal democracy before the US helped topple it and install the Ayatollah.

The US is complicit in all the violence they did to their people.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not quite. It was a liberal democracy until the US helped topple it and install the Shah, who was then toppled by Khomeini.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Many such cases of liberal democracies being toppled by the Us in favor of dictators

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It really shouldn't be surprising that the US liberal democracy got toppled by a dictator when we seem to love such foreign policy.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Yeah. The problem with American democracy is that they loved capitalism more than democracy and that is bad

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Those pics are always floating around. Means nothing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah I swear it gets post every 4 days.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe the CIA can initiate another coup…ffs.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

the president’s decision to strike was not driven by ~~any new U.S.~~ intelligence ~~on Iran~~.

FTFY.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I’ll bet the decision had something to do with trump’s massive ego.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

o ok that makes it ok then nvm my furious outrage. gj buddy.

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