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Israel has had enough of Iran and their nuclear program, since it was recently announced Iran had enough material to make about 9 (or 11 or 15) bombs

Israel hits the ‘heart’ of Iran’s nuclear program in Natanz facility strike

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that one of Iran’s top nuclear facilities had been hit in Thursday night’s strike against the regime.

“Iran has produced enough highly enriched uranium for nine atom bombs, nine,” Netanyahu said. “In recent months, Iran is taking steps that it has never taken before, steps to weaponize this enriched uranium. And if not stopped, Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in a very short time.”

Hours later, officials confirmed that Iran launched approximately 100 retaliatory drones toward Israeli territory, which the IDF was working to intercept.

The Natanz Nuclear Facility – one of Tehran’s key nuclear sites and which has been flagged by security experts that in coordination with the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, could produce enough weapons-grade uranium to produce 11 nuclear weapons within a month – has been hit in the strikes, though the extent of the damage remains unknown.

Israel targeted all sorts of Iran’s nuclear scientists and top military officials, as well. Trump was warned. And where does Excitable Nicholas Kristof immediately go? Trump and Netanyahu Derangement Syndrome

Will Trump Show Restraint in the Middle East?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has bombed Iran in what may lead to yet another war in the Middle East, and the challenge for President Trump will be to protect American troops in the region and to stay out of this mess.

Netanyahu justified his latest military campaign by saying that Iran was a “clear and present danger.” And it’s true that Iran was enriching uranium to worrisome levels. It’s believed to be just weeks from having enough fissile material to make several bombs (although creating bombs and a way to deliver them would take much longer).

But a key reason for Iran’s increasingly dangerous course was the past colossal misjudgments by Netanyahu and Trump in their dealings with Iran. With strong backing from Netanyahu, Trump in 2018 pulled out of the nuclear agreement that President Barack Obama had reached that largely contained Iran’s nuclear program.

This would be the deal that would have allowed Iran to start building nuclear weapons 15 years after signed. So, about now. Kristof has no condemnation for Iran

In the coming hours or days, Iran is likely to respond militarily against Israel; an open question is whether or to what extent it will also target American troops in Iraq, Bahrain or elsewhere in the Middle East. The risk is that we see a cycle of escalation leading to a regional war that no one wants. American troops and embassies will be at risk, and the best way Trump can protect them is to stay out of this fight and try to resurrect a nuclear deal.

Senator Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, warned that Netanyahu had undertaken “a reckless escalation that risks igniting regional violence,” and that seems right to me. To his credit, Trump has seemed wary of getting into foreign wars, and let’s hope he shows restraint this time instead of wading into a fight with Iran.

Don’t forget, Kristof and the rest of the NY Times wackos have been all in on escalating in Ukraine against Russia. They kept pushing Biden to give Ukraine more and more, and even putting US troops as “peacekeepers” in Ukraine. But, against Iran? Protecting Israel? Nope. The same Iran who funds terrorist groups who kill Americans. I’m sure there will be plenty more pieces Blaming Trump.

And, yes, I do not want a big war in the Middle East. But, I doubt it will take long to bomb Iran to oblivion. It won’t be WWIII. No one else except terrorist groups will join in on Iran’s side.