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Following Trump’s attacks on Iran, an admin official tells Rolling Stone, “The intelligence assessments have not really changed”

After Donald Trump’s decision to strike three Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday, administration officials are barely bothering to pretend the unprecedented — and potentially calamitous — attacks were motivated by new intelligence suggesting Iran was on the brink of having nuclear weapons.

Just months ago, Trump’s Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified to Congress, in her opening statement, that the U.S. intel community “continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon” and had not reauthorized its nuclear weapons program.

While Trump recently publicly disputed Gabbard’s testimony, according to two administration officials with knowledge of internal deliberations in recent weeks, the president’s decision to strike was not driven by any new U.S. intelligence on Iran.

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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 250 points 3 days ago (5 children)
[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 102 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Seemed pretty obvious that Bibi wanted Trump to win and intentionally stalled Gaza ceasefire agreements to make Biden/Harris look bad.

This may have been Trump returning his end of the bargain (or Trump is just a shortsighted and stupid piece of shit).

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Bibi's got kompromat on him, Epstein may have been Mossad

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (3 children)

lol Republicans don't give a shit about anything he's done or could do. They like Trump and there's nothing in this world that could change that.

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The girl looked just like Ivanka. It would damage his relationship with his favorite child in an unfixable way.

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[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

More accurately, his girlfriend is, he’d probably be consider an asset. An important distinction on whether you protect them when they’re in trouble.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Epstein claimed at least once to be Mossad, and Maxwell's dad apparently was.

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[–] kautau@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 117 points 3 days ago (4 children)

It’s interesting to note that Biden didn’t bomb Iran.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 43 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So many missed opportunities for O-bomb-a jokes

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[–] chonkyninja@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bush was busy doing Iraq and Afghanistan

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[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 96 points 3 days ago

But women are "too emotional" to be president. Fucking hell, just choke on hamberder already.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 81 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The Intel probably came in the form of a new deposit clearing in Trump’s bank account

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 45 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Who uses bank accounts anymore? They probably bought a bunch of $TRUMP. Doesn't every US President have their own private currency?

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Antiquities scholars of some future alien race thumbing through hard drives like Roman coins

[–] doctortofu@piefed.social 57 points 3 days ago (4 children)

You thought vibe coding was bad? Welcome to the age of vibe bombing...

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Siri, bomb a middle eastern country.

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[–] Uranus_Hz@lemm.ee 55 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They were based on Trump being pissed that his little birthday parade was humiliating.

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[–] BlueBaggy@sh.itjust.works 52 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What a year, first we got vibe coding and now vibe bombing... I wonder what's next

[–] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't forget about the vibe-based deportations

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

We've had vibe-based rape for ages. "She says no, but she clearly wants it"

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hopefully vibe-heart attack.

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Vranyo.

You know I’m lying, and I know that you know, and you know that I know that you know, but I go ahead with a straight face, and you nod seriously and take notes.

The bald faced lies are like the final insult. Even during the lead up to Iraq they made a show of trying to fake intelligence enough to suit their goals. Now it's just, fuck it we ball, and say whatever, who cares, and who cares if they know we're lying, they can't do anything about it.

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[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 28 points 3 days ago

There is no intelligence in the whole administration, we know.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"There is no intel" describes the entire regime

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[–] Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

“Source: literally my ass”

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can someone please impeach him… based on vibes?

[–] katze@lemmy.cafe 9 points 2 days ago

But he was elected based on vibes 🥲

[–] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

They weren't based on vibes, they were based on orders. Trump's foreign handlers told him what to do and he did it.

[–] iamjackflack@lemm.ee 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Ship Trump to Iran and let them do what they will

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 15 points 2 days ago

Why not use the full word? "There is no intelligence" is much more apt.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

vibe coding and now vibe warmongering

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 13 points 2 days ago

Vibe Warfare. Where Skynet doesn't have control of the military, but everyone does what it says anyway.

[–] xiwi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago

Really nice knowing that Nuke country #1 is governed by absolute senile murderous freaks for over at least 10 years now

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Wasn't the picture of 1970s Iranian women (dressed like US 1970s women) just floating around a couple months along with the attached comment stating "pictures of places before Muslim rule floating around means the US is about to bomb them" or does that just happen every year

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Iran was a liberal democracy before the US helped topple it and install the Ayatollah.

The US is complicit in all the violence they did to their people.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 44 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not quite. It was a liberal democracy until the US helped topple it and install the Shah, who was then toppled by Khomeini.

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Many such cases of liberal democracies being toppled by the Us in favor of dictators

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It really shouldn't be surprising that the US liberal democracy got toppled by a dictator when we seem to love such foreign policy.

Yeah. The problem with American democracy is that they loved capitalism more than democracy and that is bad

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Those pics are always floating around. Means nothing.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

FTFY: the president’s decision to strike was not driven by ~~any new U.S.~~ intelligence ~~on Iran~~.

[–] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago

Who does he think he is? A Bush family member? /jk

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe the CIA can initiate another coup…ffs.

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago

the president’s decision to strike was not driven by ~~any new U.S.~~ intelligence ~~on Iran~~.

FTFY.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I mean, if Israel has nukes, and Iran has nukes, that should lead to peace, right? But peace isn't what Israel is after. This isn't about peace. It's about eliminating all that think and look different.

[–] Bieren@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Oh FFS. We will know this orange fucker doesnt pay attention in any intel meetings he actual attends. And he can’t read the intel reports. He just makes everything up from what he sees on Fox News and the other conservative “news” networks.

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