There is a difference between not doing something and being unable to do something. Clearly there were able but only showed it now and their previous claim was BS (again, assuming those missiles did fly "far").
replyNo-one believes that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons, either... or that they wouldn't if they had developed the capability.
Ayatollah Khomeini admitted that he had lied about plans to make Iran democratic.
replyThis practice is known as taqqiya. It’s ok to lie if you’re deceiving the enemy.
Did he also released a religious decree stating as much?
replyBecause otherwise you're comparing apples to mushrooms. Not even themselves kingdom.
Do the missiles Iran has been raining down on other countries for decades not count as WMDs?
replyNo.
reply“ A weapon of mass destruction is a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, or other device that is intended to harm a large number of people”
Oh, that would be quite a spin. We can probably see it in the Faux News soon.
replyNo. There’s a definition from the UN here if you’re interested:
replyhttps://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/UNHQ/9626F6CEB2A92C9B8...
AFAICT, not by any commonly accepted definition of WMD:
replyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_of_mass_destruction#Def...