Robert Gates Burns Iran

Gates sarcastically noted that Iran celebrated the U.S. intelligence community's recent report -- the National Intelligence Estimate -- that said Iran suspended its nuclear weapons program in 2003. He said it marks a "watershed" that "Iran has, for the first time, embraced as valid an assessment of the United States intelligence community -- on Iran's nuclear weapons program."

He said "since that government now acknowledges the quality of American intelligence assessments, I assume that it also will embrace as valid American intelligence assessments" that Iran is funding and training of militia groups in Iraq; deploying lethal weapons and technology to both Iraq and Afghanistan; supporting terrorist organizations -- like Hezbollah and Hamas -- that have murdered thousands of innocent civilians; and continued research and development of medium-range ballistic missiles that can carry weapons of mass destruction.

"In reality, you cannot pick and choose only the conclusions you like of this National Intelligence Estimate," Gates said.

"The report expresses with greater confidence than ever that Iran did have a nuclear weapons program -- developed secretly, kept hidden for years, and in violation of its international obligations," he said.

I've been pointing this part out for the better part of a week now to friends and the emails that I get about the NIE report. You simply cannot pick what you like and what you don't like about a report. Otherwise, it shows your complete bias.

So, Iran is now in the unenviable position of having to acknowledge an American intelligence report, which showed they had a nuclear weapons program and the intent was there. But Democrats here in America are pointing only to certain points of the report.

Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are trumpeting the report, saying it shows that Iran really just wants electricity. Of course, they are too stupid to read the rest of the report, or completely ignore it.

What disgusts me about their actions is the complete lack of caring that Iran is supporting and supplying the insurgency in Iraq that has lead directly to the murder of US troops. They like to complain about how they are really supporting the troops by wanting to get them home, but they don't seem to give a shit about doing anything about other people who are attacking them now.

To me, that shows their true feelings about everything. It shows their complete lack of respect and well being of troops in harms way.

Of course, no one is going to point that out except me and a few other people around the internet. They'll trumpet the bullet points on the report and not the finer details.

I am glad though that Robert Gates points all this out to everyone around that is within hearing distance. It helps keep the pressure up on the Iranians over their admitted uranium enrichment program that continues to this day.

Iran ought to think twice about everything that's going on. Israel is chomping at the bit to get the Iranian nuclear program offline.


Travis
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