Let's talk about Trump considering special operations inside Iran to seize nuclear material.... - Belle of the Ranch

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Well, howdy there Internet people. It's Belle again. So, today we're going to talk about Trump considering special operations inside Iran to seize nuclear material.

News has come out that Trump is actively considering deploying a special operations team inside Iran to deal with Iran's 450 kg of 60% enriched uranium.

Obliterated. He kept using that word. I knew it didn't mean what he thought it meant. Look, before we go further, if you were one of those who celebrated his first strikes on Iran, it's time to admit he lied to you. In a matter of war and nuclear material, Trump looked at the American people and said it was obliterated. Now, just a few months later, he's talking about sending American boots on the ground into Iran to correct his abject failure that every expert said would fail before it happened. He called the assessments that said his operation failed fake news. If you believe that, he played you.

One of the reported quotes about this from an official who spoke to the press was, “The first question is where is it? The second question is how do we get to it and how do we get physical control?” And then it would be a decision of the president and the department of war CIA as to whether we want to physically transport it or dilute it on premises.

To be clear, this indicates that the United States doesn't know where almost a thousand pounds of highly enriched uranium is. It lost track of a thousand pounds of uranium. We knew where it was before Trump started playing general. Knowing is half the battle and apparently, we don't.

To be honest, I'm not terribly worried about the guy who wants a thousand pounds of the stuff. I'm worried about the guy who needs far less. That guy has an easier time getting it if it's been dispersed or is loose because the central government in the country has been degraded. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly told Congress, "People are going to have to go and get it."

When asked about the possibility of US troops going in, Trump said Iran “would be so decimated that they wouldn't be able to fight on the ground level.” Yeah, sure, Jan. Because if there's one thing that we've learned from the last quarter century, it's that as soon as a conventional military in this region is decimated, they can't fight on the ground anymore, and there's nothing to worry about.

Officials have reportedly tried to explain that boots on the ground to Trump means a small amount of troops. "What has been discussed hasn't been thought of in terms of boots on the ground. People think Fallujah. That's not what has been discussed.”

I wasn't thinking Fallujah at all. I was thinking about a small special operations team going into an area ravaged by war to collect something. Well, they'd be quite the distance from any real assistance. And while command is sure the Somalis, I'm sorry, Iranians won't be able to mount a meaningful response. I mean, what's not to like?

Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.