Was this outcome anticipated? If it wasn't, why not?

[Old Rocks]

Iran was developing nuclear weapons and ICBMs. Kent can whine all he wants.

Iran's Stockpile of Highly Enriched Uranium: Worth Bargaining For? - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

By Robert Goldston, Guest Contributor and Member of the Council for a Livable World Board On March 15, 2026, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Margaret Brennan of CBS Face the Nation, “I offered actually that we are ready to dilute those enriched material, or down-blend them, as they...

armscontrolcenter.org

And they have shown us they needed neither to screw over the rest of the world.

 

[BluesLegend]

Bullshit. No, we are not silent, but how does launching an ill thought out war that kills even more Iranians aid with that? In fact, it pushes many Iranians back to backing what is there because it is a foreign power blowing their nation. The regime in Iran deserved to be hammered, but this is not doing the job, in fact, with Iran's predictable response, it is earning the US enmity worldwide. Protect Iranians? How does killing even more Iranians protect Iranians? Protect Americans? How does having a war that is already starting to get Americans killed and wounded protect Americans? There is zero evidence that Iran was planning to attack America militarily. Their support of murdering terrorists is a fact, and that needed to be dealt with, but doing a military attack that will end up harming the whole world more that Iran is hardly a wise decision.

(yawn) anything else Mr. do nothing? Funny I don't see your proposal.