Iran’s virtual nukes

Imaginary Iranian nuclear weapons provided the pretext for the Israeli-U.S. assault on Iran in the Twelve-Day War of June 2025. They also served as an excuse for this year’s much larger U.S.-Israeli surprise attack.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently told the United Nations General Assembly that ‘devastating Iran’s nuclear facilities was … very hard to do,’ but said ‘it was one of the easiest decisions [he’s] ever had to make as prime minister.’UN photograph courtesy of Loey Felipe

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

October 1, 2026

LONDON, U.K.—“Devastating Iran’s nuclear facilities was … very hard to do,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United Nations General Assembly last month, “but for me it was one of the easiest decisions I’ve ever had to make as prime minister. B...

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