"With every bomb dropped, ship seized and blood-curdling threat of annihilation, Donald Trump increases Iran's incentive to reject his grand bargain peace deal and sprint instead to acquire nuclear weapons for future self-defence."
"US intelligence chiefs and UN inspectors agree there's no firm evidence that the regime, while developing its technical capabilities and keeping political options open, has built, or ever tried to build, a nuclear weapon since at least 2003."
"It's increasingly difficult to argue with the view, attributed to the hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps generals now running Iran, that nukes are the only sure way of deterring future onslaughts."
"Indigenous nuclear knowhow cannot be easily bombed away, no matter how many scientists Israel kills. And in any case, Tehran does not necessarily need to reconstitute the capacity and skills required to build nuclear weapons at home."
Trump's declaration of war against Iran, citing an imminent nuclear threat, contradicts evidence that Iran has not built nuclear weapons since 2003. US and Israeli attacks have heightened Iran's resolve to acquire nuclear capabilities for self-defense. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps views nuclear weapons as essential for deterrence. Trust in US and Israeli intentions is low, making any peace deal fragile. Iran may seek nuclear technology from allies like North Korea or Russia, complicating the situation further.
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