We Don't Need No Stinkin' NIE!
AP:
It's not exactly news that the administration has alternately ignored, backed away from, and tried to discredit the Iran NIE since it came out. But unless I've missed something, Rice's comments are the most explicit repudiation of the entire U.S. intelligence community thus far. As nasty economic consequences continue to play out between now and November, and with culpability clear and the architects of it all still running things -- a dangerous combination -- expect the desperation to grow. Is "rogue" too strong a word to use at this point?
Rice scoffed at Iran's claim that its nuclear program is intended only to produce electricity. Why then would Iran keep inspectors away from some sites, reject a generous offer of civilian nuclear help from Russia or maintain part of its program under military control, Rice asked.
"Well, ladies and gentlemen, it's just hard to imagine that there are innocent answers to these questions."
Later, she directly accused Iran of pursuing weapons on the sly. She said there is no point in engaging the regime until it changes its behavior.
"We would be willing to meet with them, but not while they continue to inch closer to a nuclear weapon under the cover of talk," Rice said.
It's not exactly news that the administration has alternately ignored, backed away from, and tried to discredit the Iran NIE since it came out. But unless I've missed something, Rice's comments are the most explicit repudiation of the entire U.S. intelligence community thus far. As nasty economic consequences continue to play out between now and November, and with culpability clear and the architects of it all still running things -- a dangerous combination -- expect the desperation to grow. Is "rogue" too strong a word to use at this point?
posted by The Cunning Realist at Friday, June 06, 2008
8 Comments:
George Will was on Charlie Rose and said that we are not in a recession. And he dismissed current unemployment rates. He was rather belligerent about it all. We're all nuts, and he is right %-} There you have it. Although, he did say, when pressed, that he learned National Building was a bad thing because you can't muck with the forces of radical religion and ethnic hatred. Seems most people already knew it would be a hornets nest. Ho hum.
In the news, again, there are stories about record oil and the Senate attaching to a climate change bill, $455 billion in nuclear subsidies.
But why is Congress so against spending billions on clean safe energy research and energy independence? Wouldn't that create jobs, and isn't that better than starting another war? Aren't there better and bigger battles to fight for a more hopeful, bright sustainable future?
Will is a shill. A courtesan who'd compliment the Emperor on his magnificent, albeit invisible, raiment. The jig is pretty much up. Desperation levels high. 'Rogue' alert. These characters will do anything to avoid the consequences of their own malfeasance and folly.
"Rogue" is far too tame. "War criminals", "gangsters", "Nazis" -- those are the terms to use.
And before folks start tossing out Godwin's Law, let's not forget that almost exactly 60 years ago the world was justifiably stringing up remnants of the Hitlerite regime for waging agressive and unprovoked war: Exactly what we're doing in Iraq.
Meanwhile, our institutions are so broken that there is no brake on the rush to an epochal, catastrophic war....
-- sglover
I suppose George Will also thinks Applebee's has a salad bar too. Will is a dishonest hack. Where did he get his money from anyway? He strikes me as a guy that's hasn't done any kind of manual labor in his whole life(even if it is screwing around in the garden at his home).
commenter #2, Godwin's Law says that as a web interaction goes on, the likelihood of a reference to Hitler or the Nazis goes up. You've merely confirmed Godwin's Law (and quickly, I would add!), so there's no reason for anyone to toss it!
I haven't paid a lick of attention to George Will for decades, except for his occasional baseball columns.
I meant commenter #3, apologies to the actual #2
Instead of Princess Sparkle Pony posing the question to the press, she
could just ask Cheney to get Halliburton to answer those questions.
It's Halliburton who is contracted to build those sites in Iran. Their new headquarters moved out of the US to Kuwait ... to avoid being an American based business doing business in a sanctioned nation is already forgotten?
Rogues, crypto-fascists, kleptocrats.
All accurate.
Use them often.
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