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I am blaming Trump. He did this. He withdrew from the treaty which led directly to this action today.

What happened between Trump withdrawing from the treaty and Fordo getting bombed? I feel like you're perhaps missing a few critical steps on the Iranian side.

Trump signaled that diplomacy wasn't going to solve the tension, and they weren't getting what they wanted to in exchange for not building weapons. Of course they were going to build them. Why would they not, whether for offense or defense?

Why would they not build nuclear weapons? I guess they don’t have to wonder anymore. It’s not like they weren’t warned.

You can always stop building nuclear weapons at any time and change course. But they chose not to, and suffered the consequences. Whose fault is that?

Please remind why France, England, Israel are allowed to have weapons and Iran is not?

- Trump murdered top a top Iranian general (Soleimani)

- Israel bombed an Iranian Embassy

- Iran counterstruck Israel but relatively restrained and with warning

- Israel bombed several high ranking Iranians, especially those involved with the nuclear program

- Iran counterstruck Israel.

None of it had that much to do with America.

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