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Comment on Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weapon

It’s civilian scientists working on nuclear energy we are talking about.

Is it though? What level of enrichment do they need for a nuclear energy program, and what level of enrichment were they at? I think it’s naive to say they weren’t working on a weapon.

I’m not saying it justifies killing civilian scientists, but we ought to be honest about the why.

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kcweller@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Where is the evidence that they are working on a weapon? There are people getting murdered because people have become brainwashed enough to just assume Iran is working on a nukes.

I’m just saying, killing civilians on the basis of assumption is a pretty terrorist move and feels very similar to how Iraq was bombed to hell by America. But hey, that’s just my 2 cents.

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- TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  According to the IAEA, the Natanz site was producing uranium enriched to 60% u-235.
  
  For electricity, you need 3-5% u-235.
  
  That’s not an energy program, that’s a weapons program.
  
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  - kcweller@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    And it’s on the IAEA to declare that they are indeed working on a weapons program, not speculation and assumption like yours.
    
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    TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    And it’s on the IAEA to declare that they are indeed working on a weapons program, not speculation and assumption like yours.
    
    Okay. Don’t use your reason if you’d prefer not to. It does make me wonder though:
    
    Do you think the killing of the civilian scientists was wrong because they were civilian scientists, or because they were ostensibly working on an energy program?
    
    Because as I said, I’m not claiming the murders were justified, just that we ought to be honest about the why.
    
    There are plenty making the argument that Iran needs a nuclear weapons program to prevent exactly these types of attacks. That is intellectually honest. I’m not sure where I fall on that argument, I’d rather no one have nuclear weapons (but obviously that’s not going to happen).
    
    The difference between 5% and 60% enrichment is pretty huge. And the research and effort required to get there is neither cheap nor easy. If what they’re after is nuclear energy, there is absolutely no reason to continue risking the ire of the international community and the repeated attacks by Israel. They’ve had energy-level uranium for a very long time already.
    
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