U.S. Deploys Slide Show to Press Case Against Iran

[ECH1969]

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 13 -- With an hour-long slide show that blends satellite imagery with disquieting assumptions about Iran's nuclear energy program, Bush administration officials have been trying to convince allies that Tehran is on a fast track toward nuclear weapons.

The PowerPoint briefing, titled "A History of Concealment and Deception," has been presented to diplomats from more than a dozen countries. Intended to win allies for increasing pressure on the Iranian government, several diplomats said the presentation dismisses ambiguities in the evidence about Iran's intentions and omits alternative explanations under debate among intelligence analysts.

According to diplomats who have attended the briefings and U.S. officials who helped to assemble it, the presenters argue that the evidence leads solidly to a conclusion that Iran's nuclear program is aimed at producing weapons.

The president's direct involvement marks an escalation of a two-year effort to bring Iran before the U.N. Security Council, which has the power to impose sanctions, unless Tehran gives up technology capable of enriching uranium for a bomb.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/13/AR2005091301837.html

[Akoto]

1. Heh. Doesn't this sound curiously similar to ...

The exhibit of "evidence" Colin Powell presented to the UN prior to the invasion of Iraq? The one he recently stated to be the lowest point of his term?

[Nickster]

5. Hey, it worked so well the first time.....

[NNN0LHI]

2. Another slam dunk n/t

[FyurFly]

3. here we go again n/t

[FightingIrish]

4. We could be bombing by March.

I wonder who will be in our "coalition" this time. I would't count on Togo.

[Amonester]

6. What? Looks like some nuts are just hooked on bad slides... n/t

[SledDriver]

7. "...the evidence leads solidly"

Yeah, right.

[Sub Atomic]

8. Imagine that, this Misadministration telling untruths.

Bush administration officials have been trying to convince
Bush administration officials realize they're fucked and they're trying to coerce


The PowerPoint briefing...intended to win allies for increasing pressure on the Iranian government, several diplomats said the presentation dismisses ambiguities in the evidence about Iran's intentions and omits alternative explanations under debate among intelligence analysts.
In other words, the rest of the world has realized that the pRetzeldent is a liar. Worse than Reagan, worse than Nixon. In many aspects, similar to * the smarter, but with a sadistic streak to him, perhaps the pRetzeldent has become our Nation's biggest liar.




Why doesn't he just sit down and play with his monkey, just like Bar used to tell him when he was a child. Just sit there and play with your (sock) monkey Georgie. just play with your monkey.

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. LOL

They are completely inept.

Slideshow!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I can't take it. I'm literally cracking up! Slideshow! They're pathetic.

[halobeam]

17. Was the slide show of actual photographs this time

or drawings, once again?

Who on this earth would believe ANYTHING they said? This really is funny after all. I used to have a hard time with political humor, it was all so seriously upsetting and people are joking, I would think... but now, I'm f'in laughing my ass off, there is NOTHING left but to get a gut wrenching belly laugh at the insanity of it all!

[RedEarth]

10. We've already gone down this road........be very, very careful

[are_we_united_yet]

11. -Cough cough-

bullshit -cough cough-

[FVZA_Colonel]

12. I highly doubt that Bush would seek sanctions

In all likelihood, he would simply make the presentation, and when things (logically) wouldn't go his way, invade Iran anyway. The question is: with what army?

[0007]

13. 0'hum, load up the plane boys and put on your night vision goggles.

Seriously, how many bad lemons can we sell?

[MellowOne]

14. He thinks he's Hitler

Wait a minute, he is Hitler.

[buzzsaw_23]

15. Popcorn provided for repeats?

[Gloria]

16. Another slide show?????????????????

OH, PUH-LEEZ

[Kindigger]

18. Familiar but with a new twist

"The presentation has not been vetted through standard U.S. intelligence channels because it does not include secret material. One U.S. official involved in the briefing said the intelligence community had nothing to do with the presentation and "probably would have disavowed some of it because it draws conclusions that aren't strictly supported by the facts."

Just skip the intelligence...good idea.

[krkaufman]

19. I'd love to see the Iranian delegation one-up BushCo....

... by distributing a Video-DVD of Colin Powell's "Iraq WMDs" testimony -- maybe adding some nifty DVD add-on features, like voiceovers from various politicians, howling at the lies and deception.

[Miss Chybil]

20. Enough already!

China has nukes. North Korea has nukes. Russia has nukes. Israel has nukes. India has nukes. Pakistan has nukes. France has nukes. The UK has nukes. Ukraine might have nukes. And... the United States has nukes. Considering we are the only country to have actually used nuclear weapons, it seems only right we give them up on the condition everyone else will. If not, well... I don't see why other countries don't have the right to develop weapons with which to defend themselves from known threats.

That's just me. I'm sure it's written in the Bible, somewhere, we're allowed to kill anybody we want and the dying just have to take it. So, what do I know?

[driver8]

21. Hey! I have an idea...let's send Powell to the UN to explain

things! He could sell popsicles to Eskimos!

Oh wait...that was already done, wasn't it?

These fuckers are absolutely crazy.

[daleo]

22. Who is the designated "liar to the U.N." now that Powell is gone?

They just say "presenters", "officials", and "diplomats" in the article. You know it is a pack of lies if nobody will even put their name to it.

[Neshanic]

23. Micosoft's new line of "Assclown liars " powerpoint templates for WH...

presentations.

If it's in Powerpoint, you know it can't be a lie.

[Maple]

24. Colin Powell wasn't available?

[Gregorian]

25. This sounds ripe for a Daily Show segment.

In this slide we see aluminum tubes. Oh wait, that was Iraq. In this slide we have my mother-in-law at the summer cabin by the lake.. Doh!, we must have mixed up the family snapshots. Here's Donald Rumsfeld in fourth grade, accusing the fifth grade teacher of having weapons of math instruction. He was so cute back then.

[Gyre]

26. The rest of the world must be really, really sick of US by now

And our lame-assed "dog and pony" shows. I wish the damn UN would also move out of the US so foreign dignitaries wouldn't think they'd get mugged if they don't applaud when Bolton holds up his "Applaud Now!" signs.

Gyre

[OneBlueSky]

27. wondering what Bush will speak about on Thursday? . . .

Iran, Iran, and more Iran . . . just watch . . .

[ladylibertee]

28. That doesn't surprise me at all. The man's runnin low on OIL. So,

naturally, he's got to find a way to get some more.Once you understand the Retardicans mentality, nothing comes as shock and awe.I see it as studying animals in the wild.