Very Good Point About Our Intelligence on Iran

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“The Administration’s most persistent spin of the new Iran NIE is that it vindicates their position because it shows that Iran did in fact have an active nuclear weapons program in 2003. That’s quite some vindication. What it really means is that faced with two neighbors in the spring of 2003 who both harbored nuclear ambitions, we invaded the country without an active WMD program while ignoring the one that did. I’m not suggesting we should have invaded Iran instead, but by the Administration’s own reckoning, we should have.”

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/

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Rice wins support for Iran sanctions

By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer

Thu Dec 6, 2:00 PM ET

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice won support on Iran Thursday from two key European allies, France and Germany, whose leaders urged continued pressure on Tehran because of its nuclear program, saying the country remains a danger.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged a two-pronged approach of pressure and negotiations with Iran.

"I think we are in a process and that Iran continues to pose a danger," Merkel said in Paris at a joint news conference with Sarkozy in response to a new U.S. intelligence estimate indicating Iran stopped nuclear weapons development in 2003.

Rice, meanwhile, began talks in Brussels with European and Russian officials to urge greater international pressure on Iran to halt uranium enrichment and answer questions about its nuclear programs.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071206/ap_on_re_eu/us_iran

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Gary, that's all good and well, but what do think about the point made in the OP?

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Gary, that's all good and well, but what do think about the point made in the OP?

The only point he had was the one on the top of his head.