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US report plays down Iran threat


says the Beeb at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/7125701.stm in the headline for its story that the latest US National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) reveals that Iran, contrary to countless increasingly rabid accusations from Il Buce and other members of his junta, abandoned the quest for a nuclear-weapons program in about 2003.

All those claims by Iran's leaders that they were pursuing nuclear technology for energy rather than missiles, all those claims that were summarily dismissed as lies?

It seems they were, um, true.

You might think this would be a time for Our Glorious Leaders to engage in a little quiet contemplation and perhaps a few -- or many -- mouthfuls of crow.

Nope.

As the Beeb says in the midst of the article:

US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley said the report's findings confirmed the US was "right to be worried" about Iran's nuclear ambitions and that President George W Bush had "the right strategy".

Let me see if I've got this straight.

Iran, after all, isn't pursuing a nuclear-weapons program. This goes to show that the Bush Administration was right all along.

Pass the straitjacket, someone. I can feel one of my funny turns coming along.

Date: 2007-12-04 10:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hutch0.livejournal.com
Mind you, let's not forget that these are, presumably, many of the same people who said Iraq was piled high with WMDs and who said two years ago that Iran was actively pursuing The Bomb - two years after they had apparently stopped. Let's not get too excited about what these guys say...

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