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Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWBT00801220071204?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
AP: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAN_NUCLEAR?SITE=MITRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
And now, an example of the terrible liberal media, the NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/world/middleeast/04intel.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
And, finally, FOX News. Notice the sudden change in tone, as well as the reframing of the problem and hastening of the time frame (by 1-6 years) within which Iran could possess a nuclear weapon by this article's estimate:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314782,00.html?sPage=fnc.politics/executivebranch
So, we have two issues here:
1) The Bush administration should be championing Iran's lack of a nuclear development program as a success of theirs diplomatically, rather than stepping up the "World War III" rhetoric in light of the knowledge that Iran is not, as they claim, actively seeking nuclear weapons. Here we have proof positive of the neocon/Bush warmongering. See this logic:
Before yesterday: Iran is actively seeking the development of nuclear weapons, and we must consider military options in order to prevent World War III.
Today: It's good that Iran is not actively seeking the development of nuclear weapons, and we must consider military options in order to prevent World War III.
We find, yet again, that the intelligence has changed, but the response to the intelligence has not. This, ladies and gents, is how international relations have been handled by this administration since the start.
2) The blatant reframing of the issue by FOX to step up the implicit support for #1. Even though Iran's nuclear weapons development has not been active for 4 years, as estimated by the most highly-regarded of the US' spy agencies, Iran could have a nuclear weapon in its hands in less than 2 years, according to FOX.
Discuss.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new U.S. intelligence report says Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and it remains on hold, contradicting the Bush administration's earlier assertion that Tehran was intent on developing a bomb.
The National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) released on Monday could undermine U.S. efforts to convince other world powers to agree on a third package of U.N. sanctions against Iran for defying demands to halt uranium enrichment activities.
AP: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAN_NUCLEAR?SITE=MITRA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Iran welcomes new US intelligence report
Iran Halted Nuclear Weapons Development in 2003
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's foreign minister on Tuesday welcomed the U.S. decision to "correct" its claim that Tehran has an active nuclear weapons program, state-run radio reported.
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was referring to a U.S. intelligence assessment released Monday that reversed earlier claims that Iran had restarted its weapons program in 2005 after suspending it in 2003.
And now, an example of the terrible liberal media, the NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/world/middleeast/04intel.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 — A new assessment by American intelligence agencies released Monday concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains frozen, contradicting a judgment two years ago that Tehran was working relentlessly toward building a nuclear bomb.
The conclusions of the new assessment are likely to reshape the final year of the Bush administration, which has made halting Iran’s nuclear program a cornerstone of its foreign policy.
And, finally, FOX News. Notice the sudden change in tone, as well as the reframing of the problem and hastening of the time frame (by 1-6 years) within which Iran could possess a nuclear weapon by this article's estimate:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314782,00.html?sPage=fnc.politics/executivebranch
WASHINGTON — The intelligence community has high confidence that Iran had a covert nuclear weapons program that it never acknowledged and continues to deny, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said Monday, but the program is currently halted although perhaps not indefinitely.
The assessment, outlined in the latest National Intelligence Estimate, states that Iran stopped its nuclear weapons development program in the fall of 2003 under international pressure, but is continuing to enrich uranium and could be capable of developing a weapon as early as late 2009.
So, we have two issues here:
1) The Bush administration should be championing Iran's lack of a nuclear development program as a success of theirs diplomatically, rather than stepping up the "World War III" rhetoric in light of the knowledge that Iran is not, as they claim, actively seeking nuclear weapons. Here we have proof positive of the neocon/Bush warmongering. See this logic:
Before yesterday: Iran is actively seeking the development of nuclear weapons, and we must consider military options in order to prevent World War III.
Today: It's good that Iran is not actively seeking the development of nuclear weapons, and we must consider military options in order to prevent World War III.
We find, yet again, that the intelligence has changed, but the response to the intelligence has not. This, ladies and gents, is how international relations have been handled by this administration since the start.
2) The blatant reframing of the issue by FOX to step up the implicit support for #1. Even though Iran's nuclear weapons development has not been active for 4 years, as estimated by the most highly-regarded of the US' spy agencies, Iran could have a nuclear weapon in its hands in less than 2 years, according to FOX.
Discuss.