By John Q. Hosedrinker 
Following American and Israeli airstrikes on its nuclear facilities, Iran has ordered the suspension of its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency. The order, which was announced on state television, came after a parliamentary law was passed, though no specific details or timelines were given. Despite this, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi signaled a willingness to continue negotiations with the United States. This decision has been condemned by Israel, which has called on European nations to reimpose sanctions. The move, however, stops short of a complete severing of ties, with IAEA inspectors remaining at the sites for now.
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Iran’s president has ordered the country to suspend cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA.
Well, if you’ve been following the back-and-forth of the past few years, this probably doesn’t come as a huge shock. Remember when Iran was, at least publicly, playing ball, allowing all sorts of inspections under the nuclear treaty? Hundreds of them, even “surprise” ones. And then you had the other side, allowing absolutely zero? And then the deal got torn up, and the country got bombed for not having a treaty for surprise inspections, even though they were still willing to negotiate to get the deal back on track?
It’s pretty clear what’s happening. Following some recent airstrikes, Iran’s Parliament passed a law and now inspectors will need approval from Iran’s National Security Council. It’s the predictable result of using force to try and prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Ironically, those actions are more likely to *cause* them to get one.
If Iran truly wants a nuclear weapon, there’s virtually nothing that can stop them. They’ve got the uranium, they’ve got the knowledge, and they’ve got the population. Unless someone plans on invading and occupying the country – which, considering its size and terrain, would be a massive undertaking – the genie is out of the bottle.
I wonder how long before there’s a renewed push to convince the U.S. Congress of the threat and urge war? Funny, how bombing them delayed their program by a few months. Now we’re in a situation where Iran is nuclear-capable, no longer cooperating, and angry about being bombed. You really can’t imagine why? They’re going to get the weapon regardless. The Trump administration and Netanyahu set this in motion. What did they expect to gain by allowing any of it at this point? “Where are the emails?” I can imagine the response.
Iran only wanted to have the *capability* to deter attacks. Now they know they need actual weapons. Those so-called “bunker busters” aren’t much use against solid rock, are they? I suppose those “bunkers” that were really sand dunes in Iraq weren’t the best training ground. Before U.S. intervention, they were democratic and peaceful. After the U.S. showed up, they became something quite different.
It’s almost like the whole thing is some kind of pro-wrestling act. They work hand-in-hand, with some potential go-between like Russia. We attack their sites, they attack a military base, and then everyone yells. It’s comically stupid, but sadly, many people will fall for it. The whole thing gives the impression that Intel was fed to Israel and the USA by the IAEA. It’s like the Sopranos deciding not to cooperate with the police. Now, they’ve gone from not making nukes to actively needing to make them to stop being bombed.
It’s the inevitable consequence of Trump’s actions. It’s as if we’re collectively at the wheel, drunk, careening toward some unavoidable catastrophe. Maybe it’s a global event, a “thing” that isn’t pleasant, that will wake everyone up, and then we can go bang alien hotties or whatever.
Remember the whole thing about Trump and the dilemma? You can attack a nation and either subdue them (like with the atomic bombs on Japan) or you can have them become aggravated. That latter scenario seems to be where we’re headed. And let’s not forget when Israel was telling the U.S. Congress that invading Iraq was a good idea and would bring positive change, even though the Iraqis weren’t developing anything. The monitoring was so strict. Cameras everywhere, inspectors showing up unannounced, records of everything, and penalties for non-compliance.
Iran did all that. They were still allowing inspections even after Trump walked away from the deal. Then they stopped when Israel started attacking. It seems like the use of force by the U.S. has failed miserably. They were always going to get one, it was a matter of when, not if.
Now we have the question of, “why would any non-nuclear state not wish to acquire nuclear weapons?” Nuclear powers get to dictate the rules, while the rest have to play by them. Diplomatic cooperation has been thrown out the window, so now Iran will probably get a nuke. If Iran wanted one, they would have one already. North Korea pulled it off in secret, cut off from the world. If they can do it, then Iran could surely do the same.
Persia has been the seat of empires many times for a reason. Bibi has been claiming that Iran is years away from having a nuclear weapon since 1995. Where’s the country going to *be*? They’ve literally said they want nukes to erase Israel. That’s the consequence of Iran’s actions?
Iran followed the U.S.’s rules and got bombed anyway. The lesson is that the U.S. government isn’t a good-faith negotiator. Iran going nuclear is the safest move they can make. Also Benjamin Netanyahu, and his continued claims of Iran being weeks from acquiring a nuclear weapon. The U.S. and Israel are making the world less safe because they are showing that if you have nukes, you won’t be attacked. The meddling has to stop. Both sides are corrupt, it’ll take a miracle to fix it.
It’s even possible that Israel has nukes, and yet they’re still being attacked. Do nuclear weapons mean using them at the first provocation? Some people seem to forget who ended the deal with Iran in the first place and caused all this. In February of this year, the U.S. director of national intelligence testified that Iran hadn’t been pursuing a nuclear weapon since 2003. There’s no public evidence of any changes regarding Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Unless you believe the people who have been claiming for the past thirty years that Iran is weeks away from a nuclear weapon, who also lied about Iraq working on one. Oh, that Trump way.