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demmiblue

(39,164 posts)
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 07:48 AM Jun 2025

Chris Murphy: I was briefed on the intelligence last week. Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States

I was briefed on the intelligence last week.

Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.

Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) 2025-06-22T04:58:16.745Z
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Chris Murphy: I was briefed on the intelligence last week. Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States (Original Post) demmiblue Jun 2025 OP
"Ha ha. We lied. Ha ha. Suckers. Ha ha." - Republicon Christians BoRaGard Jun 2025 #1
Adrian Rogers? Seinan Sensei Jun 2025 #4
In this case Tulsi was right but ... LSparkle Jun 2025 #2
They are now... yourout Jun 2025 #3
I had forgotten about Iran engineering the attack on The Capitol on Jan. 6th. twodogsbarking Jun 2025 #5
It was clearly for show IronLionZion Jun 2025 #6
Negotiations were already a success Martin Eden Jun 2025 #7
Bibi wanted a war. Kid Berwyn Jun 2025 #8
So did TACO. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2025 #9
Our nation has behaved criminally for a while, snot Jun 2025 #10
Sen. Murphy is correct. But this is about religion, not reason. lindysalsagal Jun 2025 #11

LSparkle

(12,118 posts)
2. In this case Tulsi was right but ...
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 07:56 AM
Jun 2025

Dismissed as a (intentionally selected?) flawed messenger. Intelligence was correct however.

twodogsbarking

(17,497 posts)
5. I had forgotten about Iran engineering the attack on The Capitol on Jan. 6th.
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 09:37 AM
Jun 2025

Last edited Sun Jun 22, 2025, 01:03 PM - Edit history (1)

Oh wait.

IronLionZion

(50,735 posts)
6. It was clearly for show
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 09:42 AM
Jun 2025

red meat to the MAGA base and Netanyahu. Distracts from bad polling on domestic issues like the ICE raids and funding cuts for social programs.

Martin Eden

(15,315 posts)
7. Negotiations were already a success
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 09:43 AM
Jun 2025

In 2015.

Trump set the stage for what's happening now in 2017 when he tore up the multinational nuclear agreement with Iran.

9. So did TACO.
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 10:50 AM
Jun 2025

Like Dubya, he's always wanted to be a war time president. Dropping the biggest non-nuclear bombs on a country we're not at war with is a way he thinks shows he's strong.

Somehow, in his degenerating brain this is the path to a Nobel Peace Prize.

snot

(11,424 posts)
10. Our nation has behaved criminally for a while,
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:48 PM
Jun 2025

but lately it's become glaringly obvious.

lindysalsagal

(22,823 posts)
11. Sen. Murphy is correct. But this is about religion, not reason.
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:50 PM
Jun 2025

No one would suggest we'd ever bomb a christian country.

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