Tulsi Gabbard left no doubt when she testified to Congress about Iran’s nuclear program earlier this year.
The country was not building a nuclear weapon, the national intelligence director told lawmakers, and its supreme leader had not reauthorized the dormant program even though it had enriched uranium to higher levels.
But Donald Trump dismissed the assessment of U.S. spy agencies during an overnight flight back to Washington as he cut short his trip to the Group of Seven summit to focus on the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
“I don’t care what she said,” Trump told reporters. In his view, Iran was “very close” to having a nuclear bomb.
Trump has always shown us he doesn’t need intelligence.
The best hint that Iran has no nukes is that the US is attacking them. If they had nukes they would keep away.
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What is that?
That’s Secretary of State Colin Powell testifying to Congress about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, during the Bush Jr. administration, I think.
It’s not Congress. It’s the UN. And he was doing a really stupid publicity stunt about how that vial could hold anthrax to kill them all. And then went on about WMDs in Iraq.
That’s Secretary of State Colin Powell
testifyinglying to Congress about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, during the Bush Jr. administration, I think.I had to.
The Bush administration getting away with all their criminal shit paved the way for Trump.
Tbf I doubt it was new in politics
In fairness to Colin Powell, my understand was he didn’t know it was a lie/ trumped up evidence at the time, and was pretty bitter about it in later years.
I think he’s possibly talking at the UN or some security council as they plaque in front of him says “United States”, at a guess that wouldn’t be necessary in front of Congress. I might be wrong though, I’m not from the US.
“Better not drop that cake”
Not only is trump ignoring this, but lots and lots of shitlibs on this site are also.
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Okay so we believe Tulsi Gabbard now?
Yes she works for Russia and they’re friends with Iran.
So we can’t really trust either.
yeeeah… shrug, Trump ignores them all. And why shouldn’t he? They didn’t prevent him from happening, what’s the point of the CIA, NSA etc when they either knew about him & putin, and let hit happen, or, they didn’t know, even though it’s been obvious since the 80s?
Nice job Intel community, you shot us all in the face.
So we oppose US intelligence agencies overthrowing democratically elected leaders in other countries but not their own?
The point is to be additional arms of the government that he can manipulate and abuse to his own ends.
The situation could be more nuanced. Putin lost in Syria and Europe is split from Russia and massively spending on weapons. That’s already a huge win, maybe big enough to accept a bleeding face.
tell that to the tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians murdered.
When was that ever a concern for the elite in power?
They’re not reading my comments on lemmy.
Why do you give two flying fucks at a rolling donut what they think?
I fail to see your point regardless.
him & putin
obvious since the 80s
I can see a major problem with that timeline, but I suppose wild conspiracy theories don’t have to make sense
The more he dismiss America’s intelligence agencies, the more i believe them.
Yep exactly. If he says something I assume the opposite is true. I’m not saying this for comedy value, I genuinely do
The moron just wants the war to hide his shenaningans at home. Sole reason. Everyone should know by now that he automatically denies any and every thing that runs contrary to his own personal narrative.
other problems make for a great distraction from the original problem. i suspect that’s the reason behind a lot of trump’s actions
The truth doesn’t really matter. Israel will get their war, and the US will lumber into it behind them.
What’s crazy to me is apparently the US has become so polarized, so used to division that pointing out Israel is acting like bloodthirsty psychos is somehow supporting Iran, or Hamas before that. It’s like their whole culture has evaporated any nuance at all. Only diametrically opposed good and evil battling forever. Professional wrestling stories with Heels and Faces divided by clear black lines.
It is the only thing conservatives/fascists have left.
And shitlibs.
Liberals aren’t even in charge of anything at the moment but you really out here trying to get this “shitlib” thing you made up to stick.
Yikes
tHiNg yOu mAdE uP
God vs Satan doesn’t leave room for nuance.
We have done this dance before last time it cost me my 20s my sanity and most importantly a huge amount for friends I loved like brothers who died before and are still killing then selfs…
So we are gonna do the Iraq WMD lie again huh?
People still believe Iraq had WMDs to this day.
This season’s twist is that the Intelligence community is claiming that there is no weapons. Unless the Intelligence community is doing reverse psychological on us.
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They claimed no wmds before the invasion of Iraq too
I still have people telling me it wasn’t Bush’s fault, the intelligence was bad
Of course there are ZERO valid reasons to go to war in the ME.
Well, they’re half right, but not in the sense they mean…
Tulsi has no home and has continually played herself. Congratulations.
Quick, dust off the “weapons of mass destruction” propaganda.
Came here to say the exact same thing.
It doesn’t matter if it is true or not (not just this topic) but if you repeat the lie enough and gaslight the public it becomes true, and if it doesn’t so what, what are you going to do about it.
NOTHING that is what they are counting on.
Keep up the protests, the No Kings protest was huge even if MSM is downplaying it.
