Pentagon Admits Iran’s Nuclear Program Not Obliterated

The Bulwark: “Last week, the White House insisted Iran’s nuclear program had been totally ‘obliterated’ and went to war against a low-confidence preliminary intelligence assessment that the program had only been set back a couple months. Now, the Pentagon has refined its timetable: Defense Department spokesman Sean Parnell told reporters yesterday the strikes had set Iran back by up to two years.”

“Years beats months, of course. But the new estimate is an official acknowledgment that Trump—despite his asserting that ‘I don’t see them being back involved in the nuclear business anymore’ and his other claims about the success of the bombing—will likely have tough choices ahead.”