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Andy C's avatar

Yeah, whatever. Here we go with downplaying every single thing Donald Trump does. It never, ever ends.

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James Mazzarelli's avatar

Erin Burnett five days ago ... "Iran is YEARS away (emphasis added) from a nuclear weapon. Trump is risking starting a world war for no reason."

Erin Burnett on Tuesday ... "Iran’s nuclear program has only been set back a few months.”

This is classic CIA psyops being employed against the American people readily, willingly and repeatedly by CNN, NYT, etc. Once you recognize it, you will begin to see it everywhere. And make no mistake about it, it is real and has been going on since at least the 60s.

The CIA is synonymous with lies. Where you find civil unrest and war, you will find the CIA.

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Mark Malcolm's avatar

Erick, the fact that ANYONE is willing to give CNN credit for telling the truth is an indication their judgment should be questioned on serious topics. The idea that CNN still employs this person tells me CNN is not only okay with the lies she told, but complicate in them. I generally don't visit CNN unless I have to or want to see how the propaganda masters in the American Media Industrial Complex think.

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Bob Raphael's avatar

The truth is the mission was not as successful as hopeful, but certainly was much more successful than the bullshit coming out of CNN

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David Thomas's avatar

If the report is correct (which I doubt) Iran's nuclear program has been set back at least a few months. That's plenty of time to finish the job . . . .

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Tom Biehl's avatar

Well if she spews her BS long enough it may convince Trump to launch another round to complete what she says is not complete. Truthfully, I would believe the Israeli and American intelligence organizations over her undisclosed sources.

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Blair's avatar

While I hope that CNN's reporting is incorrect, it still has a thousand times more credibility than what Trump, Hegseth, and the entire Administration is saying. Because Trump came out of the gate with his bluster saying it was "obliterated" (clearly with zero knowledge of whether or not that's true) no one in the admin can say anything to contradict him even if they know otherwise. The Whitehouse is acknowledging the existence of the this assessment but again no one can contradict Trump once he has spoken - Israel's own early report clearly contradicts the "obliterated" bluster. Looks the centrifuge's weren't taken out. Still a setback for Iran/a worthwhile try and hopefully a deterrent as it demonstrates our willingness to strike.

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Gary U's avatar

It's CNN. No real reason to trust them.

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Yan Song's avatar

More and more I appreciate Erick's unbiased reporting, providing necessary contexts that are ignored or abused by other news sources. I am saying this as a non-Christian and borderline conservative. Erick is a true patriot!

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Jackie N Charlotte's avatar

I know what I think is more likely! The Israelis’ intelligence has been spot on for the last 12 days and I have no reason to doubt them now!

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Sue Haggerty's avatar

Prudence dictates waiting to make an informed opinion. Though I distrust CNN and support our military, I'd rather give this process time to play out to find out what actually happened.

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Jeff S's avatar

Exactly. Let’s all calm down and wait for the complete assessment. But CNNs story is based on a Defense Intelligence Agency report, not some unnamed source. Erick may have jumped the gun here, implying the reporting is suspect. Same thing he often accuses the media of doing.

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ChazAtl's avatar

No gun jumping. The report is completely suspect.

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Jeff S's avatar

Maybe, but we’ll see soon enough.

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Peaceful dad's avatar

What a little troll.

Greg Gutfeld keeps saying the legacy media is dead. Seems to me they’re holding on tight. How can we hasten their irrelevancy?

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Tucker Scofield's avatar

Bertrand's headline is intentional deception and not just excessive hubris or stupidity. She posits that we are unflinchingly to believe "unnamed sources" regarding Hunter's laptop and the Iran nuclear strike yet somehow ignore Autopen Joe Biden's mental decline documented in over 200 interviews by her colleague Jake Tapper. Not even Bo and Luke Duke were so stupid as to miss that irony. It didn't happen because she said it didn't happen, period. And damn near 50% of our country and 100% of Ivy-League graduates will line up to support her.

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EG's avatar

I think knowing that she’s gotten a story wrong in the past is insufficient information to determine whether this story is right or wrong. I also think that I don’t need to form a judgement on the effectiveness of the bombings right now, so I can wait to see what other reporters are saying over the next weeks and months.

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Paul W. Williams, CPA's avatar

I try not to hate anybody but those folks sure to make that difficult.......

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Tucker Scofield's avatar

What's not to like about arrogance??

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Dan Buckley's avatar

CNN...Clearly Not Newsworthy

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