From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Iran: Still a Standout
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 11:01:32 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-02-04 10:03, Dhu on Gate wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 09:10:54 -0800, Alan wrote:
>
>> On 2025-02-04 09:09, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 06:40:06 -0800, Alan wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2025-02-04 05:32, Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://phys.org/news/2025-02-debunks-nuclear-misinformation-iran-earthquake.html
>>>>>
>>>>> "Study debunks nuclear test misinformation following 2024 Iran earthquake
>>>>> A new study debunks claims that a magnitude 4.5 earthquake in Iran was a
>>>>> covert nuclear weapons test, as widely alleged on social media and some
>>>>> mainstream news outlets in October 2024, a period of heightened geopolitical
>>>>> tensions in the Middle East."
>>>>>
>>>>> Still the only country (other than Canada ;) that can build nukes and doesn't.
>>>> You think that proving something wasn't a nuke tests proves they DON'T
>>>> build nukes?
>>>
>>> No. It only proves that Iran's detractors continue to spew fake news.
>>> Iran has serious problems that cannot be reasonably addressed because
>>> western opposition intentionally disables meaningful internal discourse.
>>
>> It is just as fake to pretend that you can know whether or not Iran is
>> building nuclear weapons.
>
> I believe their Ayatollahs' words more than yours: they're provably human.
You can say you "believe" it; that's fine.
But you claimed it as FACT ("Still the only country (other than Canada
;) that can build nukes and doesn't.")
You don't know.
I don't know either, but I've never pretended to.