The latest on Iran
The Washington Post claims: "Strong Leads and Dead Ends on Nuclear Case in Iran"
I don't buy this either. In the article, it's stated that US intellegence thinks that Iran is a decade or so away from "the bomb". I don't think that's true. If Iran were smart, they would have learned from the principle of what Saddam did when he moved all of the WMD secretly to Syria, fooling the world. Now if Iran can show (or leak) anything into the hands of the US and world intellegence community that would lead them to assess that Iran is "years away", then some could (and probably will) become lax on the issue. This would give Iran a greater advantage when they have the bomb, as less nations would have stood watching and could be caught off guard.
The article talks about how US intelligence hasn't found anything "conclusive" on the issue. This could be for one of two reasons (or both):
1. The Intelligene community does know things and surely doesn't want to tip their hand by giving it to the Post (just as when networks talk about a new military weapon or other piece of equipment it's been around for awhile and kept secret).
2. There's no conclusive evidence because Iran is doing all she can to hide it all and kep it from leery and prying eyes. Looking at a set of blueprints that don't specifically say "nuclear" on them means nothing. Those that know the true purpose don't need to be told what it's for, they know.
In other related news, Iran's president will be going to visit Cuba.
The US hating birds of a feather flock together
Also, there's a new column by Rebecca Hagelin, of The Heritage Foundation, on Iran and the actions the US should take.
I don't buy this either. In the article, it's stated that US intellegence thinks that Iran is a decade or so away from "the bomb". I don't think that's true. If Iran were smart, they would have learned from the principle of what Saddam did when he moved all of the WMD secretly to Syria, fooling the world. Now if Iran can show (or leak) anything into the hands of the US and world intellegence community that would lead them to assess that Iran is "years away", then some could (and probably will) become lax on the issue. This would give Iran a greater advantage when they have the bomb, as less nations would have stood watching and could be caught off guard.
The article talks about how US intelligence hasn't found anything "conclusive" on the issue. This could be for one of two reasons (or both):
1. The Intelligene community does know things and surely doesn't want to tip their hand by giving it to the Post (just as when networks talk about a new military weapon or other piece of equipment it's been around for awhile and kept secret).
2. There's no conclusive evidence because Iran is doing all she can to hide it all and kep it from leery and prying eyes. Looking at a set of blueprints that don't specifically say "nuclear" on them means nothing. Those that know the true purpose don't need to be told what it's for, they know.
In other related news, Iran's president will be going to visit Cuba.
The US hating birds of a feather flock together
Also, there's a new column by Rebecca Hagelin, of The Heritage Foundation, on Iran and the actions the US should take.
posted by A. R. Welty at 11:02 AM
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