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U.N. Inspectors Dispute Iran Report By House Panel - washingtonpost.com
by Mike the Usurper at 4:59 pm EDT, Sep 14, 2006 |
"This is like prewar Iraq all over again," said David Albright, a former nuclear inspector who is president of the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security. "You have an Iranian nuclear threat that is spun up, using bad information that's cherry-picked and a report that trashes the inspectors." The committee report, written by a single Republican staffer with a hard-line position on Iran, chastised the CIA and other agencies for not providing evidence to back assertions that Iran is building nuclear weapons.
Maybe they're not providing the evidence because according to everyone in intel and at IAEA, they're not building them. |
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RE: U.N. Inspectors Dispute Iran Report By House Panel - washingtonpost.com
by Dagmar at 4:51 am EDT, Sep 15, 2006 |
Mike the Usurper wrote: "This is like prewar Iraq all over again," said David Albright, a former nuclear inspector who is president of the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security. "You have an Iranian nuclear threat that is spun up, using bad information that's cherry-picked and a report that trashes the inspectors." The committee report, written by a single Republican staffer with a hard-line position on Iran, chastised the CIA and other agencies for not providing evidence to back assertions that Iran is building nuclear weapons.
Maybe they're not providing the evidence because according to everyone in intel and at IAEA, they're not building them.
I think it's very simple really. Iran is manufacturing nuclear weapons the same way Iraq was manufacturing weapons of mass destruction--through US Gov't press releases. I suspect that if Bush tries to order our troops to invade or agress against Iranian forces, that his career will be pretty much ended. |
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U.N. Inspectors Dispute Iran Report By House Panel - washingtonpost.com
by Decius at 2:58 am EDT, Sep 15, 2006 |
"This is like prewar Iraq all over again," said David Albright, a former nuclear inspector who is president of the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security. "You have an Iranian nuclear threat that is spun up, using bad information that's cherry-picked and a report that trashes the inspectors." The committee report, written by a single Republican staffer with a hard-line position on Iran, chastised the CIA and other agencies for not providing evidence to back assertions that Iran is building nuclear weapons.
Maybe they're not providing the evidence because according to everyone in intel and at IAEA, they're not building them. They likely see other reasons for attacking Iran, like Hezbollah. I supported Afghanistan, I was wavery on Iraq, but I'm going to go ahead and pre-emptively come out against a war in Iran. We have two intractable insurgencies on the go. I think thats quite enough, thanks. There is no good reason to add a third. If they know where nukes are and want to go get them, then thats cool, but regime change in Iran is way more then we can chew right now. |
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When North Korea Collapses...
by Rattle at 3:26 am EDT, Sep 15, 2006 |
Mike the Usurper wrote:Maybe they're not providing the evidence because according to everyone in intel and at IAEA, they're not building them.
Decius wrote: They likely see other reasons for attacking Iran, like Hezbollah. I supported Afghanistan, I was wavery on Iraq, but I'm going to go ahead and pre-emptively come out against a war in Iran. We have two intractable insurgencies on the go. I think thats quite enough, thanks. There is no good reason to add a third. If they know where nukes are and want to go get them, then thats cool, but regime change in Iran is way more then we can chew right now.
Have you read this article on North Korea yet? The Bush administration has argued that Iraq was a case of picking our battles. I assume the administration sees Iran as a battle we are being forced into. North Korea could wind up being a battle dropped in our lap. Wait a minute.. Weren't Iran and the DPRK trading weapon technology with each other? Wasn't the DPRK just caught shipping weapons to Syria? Does that mean China gets all the oil and we get all the bullshit? The Axis of Evil, indeed. When North Korea Collapses... |
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