The intelligence said the opposite, that they had not decided to develop a nuke.

That argument only works when normal aboveground civilian infrastructure won't get bombed anyway on suspicion.

Then both kinds require the same protection, and protection can't be used to distinguish between them.

"She's obviously a witch, because she's been living deep in the forest all suspicious-like ever since we burned down her cursed house."

Gee, I dunno. Because some berserk moron might attack their country, maybe?

Countries without nukes get victimized by countries with nukes. If you haven't noticed this pattern yet, there's not much hope for you.

The publicly revealed, internationally inspected secret uranium enrichment facility?

Credible deterrent against stuff like this?

The premise of going to war with a country because that country may have the capability to win/end it is quite demonic circular reasoning. In this case IL/US should preemptively bunker bust every person in the region that has sovereign will. I think only when the entire region is replaced by Tesla Robots loyal to western chauvinism then IL/US can finally feel safe from the consequences of their own actions like committing genocides.

I visited Nagasaki/Hiroshima a few years ago, at the end of both memorials there are celebrations of NPTs and denuclearization efforts with veneers of 90's nostalgia - as if the job were done. How wrong we all were, today 2 non-NPT nuclear powers bombed a NPT non-nuclear power to prevent imaginary WMD Nukes, triggering a possible regional conflict that will kill millions. The only country that shouldn't have nukes is America - they dropped 2 for vibes because the Nazis already surrendered and they wanted to try out their new toy. IL\US project their genocidal tendencies onto others then claim preemptive strikes. Both countries a threat to world peace. It's clear now the only way these two countries leave you alone is if you have a nuke. Any sovereign logical leader will now pursue them. IL/US have made the world a much more dangerous place just because they want to continue the holocaust of Gaza.

Shame.

Her statement directly contradicted her testimony. After recent Trump's open dismissal of her remark, she had to say this to keep her job.