Whether you agree or disagree with Paul Joseph Watson's take on why Pres. Trump attacked Iran and whether it was necessary, he is correct about the fallout: our past endeavors at regime change in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, etc., has resulted in waves of immigrants (and the accompanying criminals and terrorists) flooding into Western countries and acting as destabilizing forces, and there is no reason to think it will be any different this time. Rather, given the population of Iran and the fact that it was, itself, home to millions of refugees from neighboring countries, the wave of refugees could be even worse.
VIDEO: "The Truth About The US Attacking Iran"
Paul Joseph Watson (10 min.)
Moreover, its not even apparent that the attacks were effective in stopping Iran's goal of developing atomic weapons, with the New York Post reporting that "Satellite images show trucks lined up at Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility before US airstrikes," amid speculation that the enriched uranium had been moved out of the facility prior to the bombing. But if both recent and decades old intelligence is correct, the uranium had only been enriched to 60% which is insufficient to create an atomic bomb--it would need to be further enriched to 90%. However, an op-ed at the New York Post indicates that Iran had a stockpile of 400-kg of weapons grade uranium, but its whereabouts is unknown. That op-ed continues:
In addition, an even more deeply buried enrichment site than Fordow, known as Pickaxe Mountain, is now under construction at Natanz.
It’s not clear how much damage that facility — said to be immune from the MOPs dropped on Fordow — sustained in Saturday’s strikes. If it survived, Pickaxe Mountain could allow Iran to reconstitute its nuclear weapons program.
The authors also acknowledge the danger of terrorist attacks.
The immediate impact will be to the economy which was still in the process of trying to recover post-Covid and post-Biden. CNN reports that "Oil futures surge following US strikes in Iran," and forcing up gasoline prices. Of course, higher energy prices could translate into higher prices across the board. And note that these increases are based on the threat of war--no efforts have yet been made to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's oil production travels: "Some experts have said that if Iran were to cut off access to the Strait, it could spike oil prices by 30 to 50 percent immediately, with gas prices likewise rising."
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