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   So.... The NIE report said that Iran was no closer than 5 years from building a nuclear weapon if they resumed work right now.  The United States Intelligence community believes, correctly or incorrectly that Iran canceled their nuclear weapons program back in 2003.  When Mr. Bush heard this report, he said (and those in his administration said) that the report proves that Iran is still a threat.  He doesn't dispute the findings, but he downplays the bit about the nuclear weapon program being snuffed out.

  Until he visits Israel and the Isralies tell him that they believe that Iran IS building a nuclear weapon and is close to completing it.  Faced with this news, do Bush say "Well our intelligence says he isn't, so lets talk" ??  Nope..  He says that he can't control what our intelligence community thinks and that HE believes as the Israelis do.

   Then please stay in Israel, since you like them so much, Mr Bush.  Either agree with your own people or not.  Don't just go along with something until someone you like disputes it and then come out of the closet.

  Okay, the NIE report is out.  The intelligence communities OFFICIAL line is that Iran is NOT pursuing a nuclear weapons program.  Now everyone has latched onto this as vindication that Bush is full of crap about the need to attack Iran.

  Now... I don't like Bush.  I think he's full of crap and I don't need the NIE report to prove it.  My problem is that the NIE report on Iraq before the war said that Hussein did have weapons of mass destruction and he WAS in bed with terrorists, both of which turned out to be false.  My problem is that we're using an agency who's credibility is currently suspect to attack someone who's credibility is already destroyed.  Does anyone else see the danger here?

  Okay, so the NIE report finally came out and after being picked over by Bush goons for "language issues" it STILL says that Iran has given up their nuclear weapons program as early as 2003 and shows no signs of returning to it.

Why does the National Security Adviser, Stephen Hadley say that the NIE report “confirms that we were right to be worried about Iran seeking to develop nuclear weapons.” ?

    Lying to the public I can understand.  Trying to spin things in their favor I can understand, but asking us to believe that denying Iran has a nuclear weapon program really means they are in danger of getting nuclear weapons is so far away from reality that I have got to believe that the Whitehouse has legalized drug use...... but only inside the Whitehouse.  Iran is now a threat simply because SOMEDAY MAYBE they MIGHT have nuclear weapons.

   But wait.... wasn't it the NIE report that said that Hussein had biological and chemical weapons and was running flat out with a nuclear development program???  I see what they're doing.  The Whitehouse is taking using a different strategy.  On the assumption that the NIE is a bunch of incompetent dingbats, they have decided to simply assume the opposite of whatever the NIE report says, making the NSA's statement technically correct.  If the NIE report is wrong, we have no idea what Iran is doing.  They could be juggling live chickens, or painting coconuts to look like George Bush.  Obviously we need to get those bastards before they do something really dastardly.

  Oh, what a world we live in.