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Re: US Nat'l Intel Report Says Iran Stopped Nuclear Program 4 Yrs Ago [Re: zappaisgod]
#7723763 - 12/06/07 09:57 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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zappaisgod said: And this is not a cockfight, junior. Nobody gets hurt in a cock fight, just embarrassed.
So what.
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Re: US Nat'l Intel Report Says Iran Stopped Nuclear Program 4 Yrs Ago [Re: zappaisgod]
#7723858 - 12/06/07 10:47 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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So you think the entire NIE report can't be trusted because Dr. Fingar (according to Murdoch's wall street Journal) is a "hyper-partisan anti-Bush official?" You are going to have to find better evidence than that if you really want to deflate the gravity and validity of the report. This isn't mud slinging, we're talking about Iran's interest in Nukes.
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Re: US Nat'l Intel Report Says Iran Stopped Nuclear Program 4 Yrs Ago [Re: gluke bastid]
#7723899 - 12/06/07 11:02 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Actually, I think all three of the writers were Bush haters. Their track record isn't so great either. I don't think Murdoch has taken over yet.
The validity of NIE's is always suspect because of the language they use. They never say anything, they just assess confidence levels. Fingar testified 4 months ago that Iran was going for it. Then he writes this. Am I suspicious? You bet. I've had some real issues with a runaway intelligence and state department for some time. THEY and the press are the elitists who think they run the country.
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Re: US Nat'l Intel Report Says Iran Stopped Nuclear Program 4 Yrs Ago [Re: zappaisgod]
#7724109 - 12/06/07 11:59 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I understand your skepticism. It is healthy. I just don't see how you could say that the NIE made all of this up just because they were Bush haters. That doesn't really make sense. It may be a part of the picture but it doesn't lead anywhere.
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Re: US Nat'l Intel Report Says Iran Stopped Nuclear Program 4 Yrs Ago [Re: BrAiN]
#7724124 - 12/06/07 12:03 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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BrAiN said: I'm right any anyone who disagrees is wrong and if you think I AM wrong on this than you can drink my urine. Discussion over.
NEXT TOPIC!
WTF?
Are you cruel to animals and like to set fires?
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Re: US Nat'l Intel Report Says Iran Stopped Nuclear Program 4 Yrs Ago [Re: lonestar2004]
#7724135 - 12/06/07 12:06 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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BrAiN said: I'm right any anyone who disagrees is wrong and if you think I AM wrong on this than you can drink my urine. Discussion over.
NEXT TOPIC!
WTF?
Are you cruel to animals and like to set fires?
Yes, only to the latter
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Re: US Nat'l Intel Report Says Iran Stopped Nuclear Program 4 Yrs Ago [Re: zappaisgod]
#7724247 - 12/06/07 12:28 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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zappaisgod said: Actually, I think all three of the writers were Bush haters.
Gee, I couldn't imagine why.
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Re: US Nat'l Intel Report Says Iran Stopped Nuclear Program 4 Yrs Ago [Re: fireworks_god]
#7724886 - 12/06/07 03:04 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Could be this:
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Tom Fingar was a State Department employee who was an expert on China and Germany -- he has no notable experience, according to his bio in the Middle East and its geopolitics. Vann Van Diepen is also a career State Department bureaucrat who, according to the New York Sun, is one of the State Department bureaucrats who want "revenge" for having their views regarding Iran ignored by the Bush Administration. He is now seeking to further his own agenda. As the Sun wrote in their editorial yesterday:
Vann Van Diepen, one of the estimate's main authors, has spent the last five years trying to get America to accept Iran's right to enrich uranium. Mr. Van Diepen no doubt reckons that in helping push the estimate through the system, he has succeeded in influencing the policy debate in Washington. The bureaucrats may even think they are stopping another war.
Vann Diepen also shares a lack of experience in dealing with Iran or the region.
The third main author comes in for particular criticism in the Wall Street Journal editorial. Kenneth Brill served as the US Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (the IAEA). This is an agency that has served to enable Iranian's quest for nuclear weapons. The head of the IAEA, Mohammed ElBaradei, has even been called a friend by the Iranian regime. As he should be, for he has been an enabler of its nuclear weapons program and has stiff-armed European Union diplomats who have worked to restrain Iran. http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=690274
I know it's a blog but I think he has his facts straight.
The State Dept and the CIA have long ago lost any sense that they are controlled by the elected representatives. They want to make policy in the dark of night with no end accountability. I am particularly disgusted with the State Dept and have been for some years.
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Re: US Nat'l Intel Report Says Iran Stopped Nuclear Program 4 Yrs Ago [Re: zappaisgod]
#7724990 - 12/06/07 03:28 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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