Ten Iranian Questions
American Greatness,
by
Victor Davis Hanson
Original Article
Posted By: Moritz55,
6/23/2025 9:02:38 AM
1. What are we to make of Saturday night’s destruction of the three Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan? Trump and the U.S. military took a great risk and succeeded in astounding fashion. Operationally, the destruction of the nuclear sites seems to have gone perfectly, in contrast to a long history of America’s Middle East debacles from the failed 1980 Carter rescue mission to the 2021 flight from Kabul.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 6/23/2025 9:55:29 AM (No. 1968277)
An excellent overview and some honest answers of the nature of "We will have to wait and see." but none of the panic that the hapless dems are trying to push. As Hanson states, success is a winner with public opinion, no matter how insanely the Left whines. In fact, their whining is doing more damage to them than Trump.
Another key point is that Iran was hated by most and only a useful tool to others. No one is going to rush to their aid, especially seeing what Israel and the US have been capable of. Any further aggression by Iran is likely to trigger an overwhelming response, shredding Iran's military and leadership even further.
And the best thing is that Iran's nuclear capability has been destroyed. If some capability remains, it is likely to be ferreted out and destroyed as well. That is an enormous and essential win.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 6/23/2025 10:32:47 AM (No. 1968294)
As usual, you can count on VDH to break it down so everyone can understand it. Well worth reading.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bpl40 6/23/2025 11:02:20 AM (No. 1968311)
11th question. Why aren’t the Mullahs enjoying their 72 virgins?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/23/2025 11:15:19 AM (No. 1968316)
For the very best analysis, do read this article. A military historian of incredible intellect, he may be the best thinker-writer on the planet. An American treasure.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Italiano 6/23/2025 11:25:15 AM (No. 1968318)
Brilliant analysis, but we expected no less.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
BrightonCO 6/23/2025 11:26:28 AM (No. 1968322)
HEY!!!! They didn't get the enriched material. The Iranian bomb ability was not reduced by one whit. With the material a working bomb can be put together in a week in a regular machine shop. Not a good bomb, suitable for a missile, but one that will do a lot of messy damage. The Iranians removed the material from Fordo BEFORE the raid. Where is it? The raid means NOTHING without the capture or destruction of that bomb Uranium and/or Plutonium.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
DVC 6/23/2025 12:06:12 PM (No. 1968338)
VDH's usual superb commentary on current events, with the perspective of a historian. I think he will be proven to be 100% correct.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/23/2025 1:01:52 PM (No. 1968360)
Re #6, we need a link to the source of that information. Otherwise it is just considered to be rumor.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/23/2025 1:30:15 PM (No. 1968374)
This may be what #6 is referring to. CNN all over it.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/06/23/did-the-us-destroy-irans-uranium-supply-or-not-vance-experts-clash-with-trumps-claims/
AI says that reports are conflicting - that some say that Uranium stores were moved to Fordow in the belief that it was more secure.
It will take a little time to fully evaluate the results of the bombings. It was interesting to me that they targeted the two camouflaged air shafts. The bombs went directly to the "guts" of the facility.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Mike22 6/23/2025 2:09:16 PM (No. 1968399)
If the report that the uranium was at 60% enrichment is correct, it is not bomb-ready. Most machine shops don't have the technology to enrich it to 90%. I understand the technology Iran bought to do the enrichment was recently blown up. And I don't want to work somewhere where someone is working with 60% enriched uranium on the lab bench next to me. However, I can think of naughty ways to use the material so I guess that means that Israel and the US need to just keep blowing things up until they believe it has been dealt with.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 6/23/2025 2:57:55 PM (No. 1968425)
Yep. It looks like radical islam's hate lost this war. Better luck next millenia, religion of peace.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
kono 6/23/2025 3:27:52 PM (No. 1968438)
Do we have aerial images of the aftermath, yet? Seems like we had close-ups and slow-motion replays within hours, in other recent warfare incidents...
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/23/2025 5:15:47 PM (No. 1968478)
Aerial images of trucks lined up outside Fordow were what gave rise to the question of whether the material had been moved out. But another more plausible story was that they had brought material here from other sites because this site was more secure.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
DVC 6/23/2025 6:17:01 PM (No. 1968513)
I think #13 is onto the straight story.
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