# Iiandyiiii is pitted
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [September 24, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360 "2026-09-24T22:10:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/21 "2026-09-25T07:14:41Z")
> [@Atamasama](#):
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> > [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> > I grew up in New Orleans and I’m a huge Saints fan.
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> You must be excited about Shough; I think he’s the real deal.
I sure am! He’s amazing.
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### Author:  [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/22 "2026-09-25T08:16:15Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> One demerit for leaving out two i’s.
Look I try not to misquote other doper’s handles, but to be fair to Monty, your handle has too many farkin’ iiiii’s.
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/23 "2026-09-25T08:33:35Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> One demerit for leaving out two i’s.
It was all fun and games until you lost those.
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/24 "2026-09-25T12:10:09Z")
This pitting is so lame, not even Babale joined in.
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/25 "2026-09-25T12:34:50Z")
He explained it once as two eyes, andy, four eyes. Must wear glasses.
As for this pitting, andy-with-eyes has been right all along about this idiotic war. Also, pitting a quality poster like andy was sure to backfire.
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### Author:  [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/26 "2026-09-25T12:36:27Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> It’s a shit show, but he’s not mad about it…?
Conceptually, I understand the idea that Iran developing nukes is a situation that we must do something about. Even if our government is too incompetent to manage it well.
However, I think it has to be addressed that there is a reason only 2 countries are fighting to stop Iran from developing nukes, and it isn’t because all the other countries are cool with Iran having nukes.
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### Author:  [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/27 "2026-09-25T12:48:49Z")
He’s probably afraid someone will ask him about the Iran war. He’s already blocked two people over that.
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### Author:  [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/28 "2026-09-25T12:55:50Z")
Forgive the use of AI, but … when AI gets it right, it’s extremely useful and efficient for this kind of thing:
> **Lucy/Charlie Brown and the football;World Leaders and the WMD/Doomsday Scenarios -- Bibi Edition**
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> Benjamin Netanyahu’s public warnings regarding Iran’s nuclear capacity stretch across more than three decades. In almost every instance, he warned that Iran was anywhere from a few years down to a few weeks or months away from acquiring a nuclear bomb.
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> ### **1992 (Speech to the Knesset)**
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> - **Context:** As a member of the Israeli parliament (Knesset), Netanyahu addressed lawmakers regarding Iran’s emerging nuclear ambitions.
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> - **Stated/Implied Timeline:** **3 to 5 years**.
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> - **The Comment:** He stated that within three to five years, Iran would become autonomous in its ability to produce a nuclear bomb. _(He reiterated this timeframe in his 1995 book, Fighting Terrorism)._
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> ### **1993 (Yedioth Ahronoth Article)**
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> - **Context:** Writing an op-ed titled “The Greatest Danger” for the Israeli newspaper _Yedioth Ahronoth_.
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> - **Stated/Implied Timeline:** **By 1999** (approx. **6 years** ).
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> - **The Comment:** He warned that Iran was actively seeking an “Islamic bomb” and predicted Tehran would develop its first nuclear weapon by 1999.
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> ### **2002 (U.S. Congressional Testimony)**
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> - **Context:** Testifying before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, urging action against regional threats.
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> - **Stated/Implied Timeline:** **“Imminent” / Ahead of expectations**.
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> - **The Comment:** He warned that Iran was actively moving toward nuclear weapons capability and argued that Tehran was racing to acquire a nuclear arsenal.
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> ### **2009 (Leaked U.S. Diplomatic Cable)**
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> - **Context:** Speaking to a delegation of U.S. congressional members in Jerusalem (later released via WikiLeaks).
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> - **Stated/Implied Timeline:** **1 to 2 years**.
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> - **The Comment:** Netanyahu told American lawmakers that Iran was approximately 1,000 days (1 to 2 years) away from possessing a functional nuclear capability if its enrichment program was not halted.
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> ### **September 27, 2012 (UN General Assembly Speech)**
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> - **Context:** His famous address featuring a cartoon bomb graphic with a red fuse.
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> - **Stated/Implied Timeline:** **By spring/summer 2013** (approx. **6 to 9 months** ).
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> - **The Comment:** Holding a marker over the “90%” line on the cartoon, he stated: _“By next spring, at most by next summer… they will have finished the medium enrichment and move on to the final stage. From there, it’s a few weeks, maybe a few months, before they have enough enriched uranium for the first bomb.”_
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> ### **March 3, 2015 (U.S. Congress Address)**
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> - **Context:** A joint session of the U.S. Congress lobbying against the pending Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal.
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> - **Stated/Implied Timeline:** **“A few months”** (without a deal) or **“1 year”** (under the proposed deal).
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> - **The Comment:** He argued that Iran’s “breakout time” (the time needed to enrich enough material for a weapon) was only a few months, and warned that the proposed nuclear agreement would guarantee Iran could build a bomb in about a year once restrictions expired.
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> ### **April 30, 2018 (Atomic Archive Presentation)**
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> - **Context:** A televised presentation in Tel Aviv unveiling thousands of physical files and CDs obtained by Israeli intelligence from Tehran.
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> - **Stated/Implied Timeline:** **Immediate / Already achieved the technology**.
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> - **The Comment:** Presenting the secret archives, he declared: _“Iran lied, big time,”_ asserting that Tehran had already completed a covert plan (Project Amad) to design and test nuclear weapons and retained all the technical know-how to manufacture a bomb at any moment.
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> ### Key Pattern
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> Throughout these statements, Netanyahu’s focus fluctuated depending on the definition of “having a weapon”—shifting between:
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> 1. **Enrichment Breakout Time:** How fast Iran could enrich raw material to weapons-grade (usually cited as **weeks or months** ).
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> 2. **Full Weaponization:** The time required to design, fit a warhead, and build a deliverable device (historically cited as **1 to 5 years** ).
And … like Christians vis-a-vis The Rapture … one day, they may very well be right!
ETA: If we’re really pitting him … is this a face you’d want to wake up to every single day, for the rest of your life??
[ ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/288/7924_2.png)
Sorry. That may read as terribly shallow, but …
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### Author:  [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/29 "2026-09-25T13:00:09Z")
Here’s a non-AI list of Netanyahu crying wolf:
> [@Fuck all you warmongering pieces of shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-all-you-warmongering-pieces-of-shit/1019962/43):
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> Here it is again: [[image] ](https://i.redd.it/je424pemcj6f1.png) Netanyahu has been lying about this for 3 decades, and it’s almost unbelievable that so many are still accepting these blatant lies.
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### Author:  [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/30 "2026-09-25T13:07:32Z")
Nothing but positivity towards iiandyiiii; board staple of a good example.
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### Author:  [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/31 "2026-09-25T13:23:29Z")
Thanks so much for the kind words!
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### Author:  [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/32 "2026-09-25T13:23:35Z")
As to misspelled usernames …
Not so hard to type the @, then a couple letters and let Discourse’s auto-complete spell the name right. If you don’t want to @ them, then just go back and delete the @, leaving the name bare for subsequent bolding or whatever.
Saves me a lot of (admittedly minor) screw-ups.
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### Author:  [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/33 "2026-09-25T14:08:24Z")
You make a good point @L5LGuy
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### Author:  [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/34 "2026-09-25T14:15:39Z")
A starting point when trying to avoid a nation wanting nukes is to not scare it so badly that it feels it definitely needs nukes.
This is something that many people in powerful nations struggle to understand - they can’t understand why it is that the more they bluster and monster and threaten a small nation about having nukes, the harder the small nation seems perversely determined to have them.
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/35 "2026-09-25T14:18:50Z")
Well, @iiandyiiii, this has certainly been edifying.
It appears you’ve amassed quite the following on the boards.
You win.
🏆
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/36 "2026-09-25T14:26:39Z")
> [@Princhester](#):
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> You make a good point @L5LGuy
I lol’d.
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### Author:  [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/37 "2026-09-25T14:30:16Z")
It is not about having a following. It is about, in this specific instance, him being in the right and you being in the wrong.
Frankly, we’re I your son, I would be pretty upset with you for how you have handled this situation.
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### Author:  [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/38 "2026-09-25T14:55:36Z")
And not just demanding “Don’t you dare have nukes,” but showing great deference and respect/fear towards those who have nukes. It’s as blatant a pro-proliferation message that there is.
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### Author:  [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/39 "2026-09-25T15:21:59Z")
Why? It’s clearly LSDGuy.
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### Author:  [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360/40 "2026-09-25T15:25:20Z")
@iiandyiiii is a good person, one of the best persons on this board, I say - and also everyone’s children should be safe.
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