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