From a news story in AP, discussing the death of 14 Iranian nuclear experts/scientists during the attacks by Israel, and subsequent air strikes by the US.
“The fact that the whole group disappeared is basically throwing back the program by a number of years, by quite a number of years," Ambassador Joshua Zarka said. But nuclear analysts say Iran has other scientists who can take their place. European governments say that military force alone cannot eradicate Iran's nuclear know-how, which is why they want a negotiated solution to put concerns about the Iranian program to rest.
“Strikes cannot destroy the knowledge Iran has acquired over several decades, nor any regime ambition to deploy that knowledge to build a nuclear weapon," U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy told lawmakers in the House of Commons. Iran has long maintained that its nuclear program was peaceful, and U.S. intelligence agencies have assessed that Tehran is not actively pursuing a bomb. However, Israeli leaders have argued that Iran could quickly assemble a nuclear weapon.
Right. Set back for ... a while.
Mal Drop, I have an idea of what may be behind that message from that mouthpiece: the intent is to offer the impression that the political leadership has no effing idea of what they are doing. It's part of the Deception Plan.
(Or is it?
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