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Submitted by chasli, Dec 4, 2007 19:15

how do you suggest we go about preventing Iran?


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I have two names, Thomas Fingar and Vann Van Diepen as authors of this latest NIE. I heard there was... [MORE]

Dick Willis 

Dec 6, 2007 08:47

Tom Fingar, formerly of the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research Vann Van Diepen, the National Intelligence Officer for WMD Kenneth... [MORE]

no one 

Dec 26, 2007 16:00

This is like saying we stopped bullet development, while continuing to develop rifles (missiles) and gunpowder (enriched uranium) [MORE]

Dec 6, 2007 08:15

The magic number is 100 pounds of highly enriched U-235. The rest is easy, and no testing is needed. The... [MORE]

oracle2world 

Dec 5, 2007 21:29

And when, exactly, was the last time an Iranian used a suicide bomb, or, more pointedly, a weapon of mass... [MORE]

Jamie Newman 

Dec 5, 2007 19:57

It is astonishing that Americans sit by and watch their society unravel with barley a murmer of dissent. The about... [MORE]

Steve 

Dec 5, 2007 18:40

With the benefit of hindsight it is now possible for us to declare that Iran is only interested in peaceful... [MORE]

Jaffer Clarke 

Dec 6, 2007 10:51

These shadow government clowns at the CIA and other agencies act and believe they control our elected government and foreign... [MORE]

Buzz 

Dec 5, 2007 17:42

Having served in the Federal Government for more than 34 years I couldn't agree more with Buzz's comments. Civil Servants... [MORE]

Dennis Stayer 

Dec 5, 2007 23:51

Civil servants owe a duty to be objective in their analysis for the purpose of informing policy makers. Their duty... [MORE]

Richard Stark 

Dec 6, 2007 07:23

To us old folks this sounds like the debate we had after WWII that McCarthy got right. The traitors in... [MORE]

Carl Hoffman 

Dec 5, 2007 17:26

Why not save a lot of time and let Iran put moles and spies in the State Department and at... [MORE]

darth 

Dec 5, 2007 17:24

This is pure politics. Israel just leveled a joint Syrian and Iran nuclear weapons production site in Syria. Remember we... [MORE]

Lou Rodgers 

Dec 5, 2007 16:38

It is much easier to read, understand, and have faith in reading the words of God than that of man.... [MORE]

Chris 

Dec 5, 2007 19:34

Now the cold civil war against the Bush administration is squarely in the open. The schemers and plotters in what... [MORE]

Ardmoor Oakes 

Dec 5, 2007 11:04

And just when do we start convicting and then hanging people for treason? D.C. would be the new Boot Hill... [MORE]

David D 

Dec 5, 2007 16:55

Both chasli and JG have persuasive sounding arguments. chasli's is based on the theory that what's good for the goose... [MORE]

Mike Riezenman 

Dec 4, 2007 23:13

The bottom line remains that if it's allright for Israel, Pakistan, and India to have nuclear weapons, it's allright for... [MORE]

chasli 

Dec 4, 2007 09:50

Yes, Pakistan already has nukes, which is precisely why we can't do anything about it. But we can prevent Iran... [MORE]

chili 

Dec 4, 2007 11:01

Mr. La, Do you know anything whatever about the history of the Khomeinist revolution? Are you aware that the motto of... [MORE]

J G 

Dec 4, 2007 11:30

Dear J G, You totally miss my logic. Using your analogy, if I choose to have my good old friend (let's... [MORE]

chasli 

Dec 4, 2007 13:17

Chasli it's not a double standard, it's just a standard. World community expects nuclear powers to behave in a civilized... [MORE]

Jack Sheet 

Dec 4, 2007 16:15

La-la, etc. is right, but not in the delusional way chasli either dreams it, or would have everyone else believe.... [MORE]

John Spencer Yantiss 

Dec 4, 2007 18:03

how do you suggest we go about preventing Iran?

chasli 

Dec 4, 2007 19:15

"World community expects nuclear powers to behave in a civilized responsible fashion. That does not describe current Iranian regime." That... [MORE]

chasli 

Dec 4, 2007 19:35

This writer presents little but sophistry, disingenuousness, and naivety in his comments.To suggest that the current US administration is not... [MORE]

Jack Jameson 

Dec 5, 2007 19:20

"This writer presents little but sophistry, disingenuousness, and naivety in his comments. To suggest that the current US administration is... [MORE]

chasli 

Dec 6, 2007 16:25

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