By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American)
A year ago today, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced that Iran’s nuclear facilities “have been destroyed” in Operation Midnight Hammer. The facilities would require “years” to rebuild.
CIA chief John Ratcliffe said much the same thing.
Next day, the White House published a news release: Experts Agree: Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated. It cited other top officials who echoed Gabbard and Ratcliffe.
Yet when President Trump launched the war against Iran on February 26 of this year, he cited Iran’s nuclear facilities as a reason for the attack. So also did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Another important but perhaps forgotten fact: Before Midnight Hammer, the U.S. intelligence community declared that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon….
Read the rest here: https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/foreign-policy/flashback-operation-midnight-hammer-destroyed-irans-nuclear-program-yet-destroying-that-program-cited-as-reason-to-start-war/
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