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2006-02-09 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran Wanting Nuclear Weapons: It's The U.S.'s Fault

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Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Good comments. Sad that these folks write NIEs.

They have narrow gripe that we did not talk to Iran in 2003 about us pulling out of the region in exchange for their agreeing to some limits on their nuke program?

The nuke program pre-dates the mullahs. The Iranians fancy themselves an ancient great power that is reemerging. They want regional dominance and to be the leader of worldwide radical islam. We're deluding ourselves if we think having a chat session in 2003 would have led them to drop these ambitions, of which the prestige of a nuke would be a major enabler.

The lesson of the 20th century is said to be: "when somebody tells you they want to kill you, believe them." Iran tells us daily. We need analysts who get these fundamental facts before providing their nuanced analyses of Iranian behaviour public statements. I think we do a better job of that at Rantburg anyway.

Seems that disgruntled national security types call Arkin whenever their egos are bruised. Somebody needs to go to jail. About the same time, he got a leak from Gen. Franks' staff, which proved wrong but was damaging at the time. I just read about it in Franks' autobiography. He was pissed.

Posted by JAB 2006-02-09 01:43|| 2006-02-09 01:43|| Front Page Top

#2 WTF is a "regional superpower"? Do people even know what words mean any more?

Posted by gromky 2006-02-09 04:14|| 2006-02-09 04:14|| Front Page Top

#3 If these are the types who are resigning, then perhaps there is a silver lining to the cloud of turnover constantly parrotted in the MSM. It could also explain a lot of the problems we currently face.

Posted by Perfesser 2006-02-09 09:13|| 2006-02-09 09:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Do people even know what words mean any more?
Sure people know what words mean. It's a truthiness that you can depend on usually.

Posted by 6 2006-02-09 19:18|| 2006-02-09 19:18|| Front Page Top

#5 jeebus, no thanks for your work on the NIE's....did you get them directly from Tehran, or through Syrian intermediaries?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-02-09 19:45|| 2006-02-09 19:45|| Front Page Top

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