Let's be quite clear how far the men in the White House were willing to go. In the lethal linguistic fog these warmongers and the rightwing quislings who enable them, have plunged us, reasonable people seem to have lost sight of what we're talking about. Nuclear weapons aren't a bigger better version of Daisy Cutters. Nuclear weapons aren't just more bang for the buck. Nuclear weapons are the most cowardly killing devices ever devised by our benighted species.
How about you actually read the fucking report Tony? I know it's not condensed like you might like, so I'll point out a key statement in the report for you to ponder:
"We judge with high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program; we also assess with moderate-to-high confidence that Tehran at a minimum is keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons"
So in other words, when Iran is talking about their nuclear program being for "peaceful purposes only", they are flat out lying. If you want to take the report as gospel, then you must take this statement as well.
Bush and Cheney WERN' T LYING. I know it's very difficult for folks over at Huffington to wrap their head around that notion, but the report that you claim proves your case, actually proves both sides of the argument. Iran wasn't going for just nuclear energy. That's why they were wanting to shun a neutral third party nation giving them nuclear fuel that could only be used for nuclear energy.
Was Bush overplaying the threat posed by Iran? You could argue that one way or another. Personally, when a nation is training insurgents who are actively trying to murder US troops, supplying them with expensive explosives and other weaponry, supporting a known terrorist organization, and calling for the destruction of another nation, I don't think it's a bad thing to see them as a grave threat.
Now, Let's go with the notion that everything in this report is true. If that's the case, do you want people with a notion in their heads that Armageddon is coming to have the knowledge on how to make a nuclear weapon?
Are you willing to risk the lives of thousands or millions of people who will die if God forbid, they are dumb enough to give or sell a weapon to another group who may very well use it? Being anti-war is one thing, but being proactive about it is another. If you want to stop a war, then you need to stop the threats against your home before they fester into something that will dwarf other terrorist attacks.
Now, you can claim I'm all "doom and gloom" all you want, but the simple fact remains that up until 2003, according to this document, Iran had a covert nuclear weapons program.
Do you want to hope your problem goes away or do you want to do something about it? Diplomacy or military action are really your only options. Pick one.
Bush has picked diplomacy, I doubt idiots like Tony will pick the military option. He'll simply want to close his eyes and hope the problem goes away. That's not how leadership works. You see a problem, you fix the problem.
Israel is asking for the UN to keep the pressure up, which is probably a good idea. Get the Iranians to completely dismantle their nuclear program, otherwise, things are going to get quite ugly.
Travis
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