Tick... tick... tick... Who will be the first republican to spin today's Iran news as

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

proving that invading Iraq was brilliant because it "forced Iran to cease its nuclear weapons program"? You KNOW it's coming. Will it come from the White House first? Bill Kristol? Karl Rove? Joe Lieberman?

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NIE Report: Iran Halted Nuclear Weapons Program Years Ago
December 03, 2007 11:51 AM

ABC News' Martha Raddatz, Jonathan Karl, Luis Martinez and Kirit Radia Report: In a stunning reversal of Bush administration conventional wisdom, a new assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies concludes Iran shelved its nuclear weapons program over four years ago.

"We judge with high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program," reads a declassified version of the National Intelligence Estimate key findings.


http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/12/nie-report-iran.html

[BeyondGeography]

1. Fred McRomiani

[underpants]

7. LOL

that's funny

[sufrommich]

2. It will be right up there with Reagan

destroying the Berlin Wall with his bare hands.

[Chipper Chat]

3. Either Bill O'Malkin or Michelle Reilly.

Or maybe Dana Cheney!

[Dhalgren]

4. So this new assessment is calling Bush/Cheney the liars they are?

This is great. But it will get no coverage, because it runs counter to what the Bush/cheney junta want. How can our intelligence folks say Iran has no weapons programs when all of the politicians in Washington and on the stump (except for Kucinich, Gravel, and Paul) say that Iran must be stopped from doing what this assessment says they are not doing? Help me out here...

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

5. This 2007 NIE reverses the 2005 NIE.

[Dhalgren]

6. So Iran is no longer a threat, right? So can the Democrats take

nukes off the table now? Or do they still want to bomb Tehran for the racism of it?

[AlertLurker]

8. Because Boosh/Chenet don't believe the NIE.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/04irantext.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

"Today’s National Intelligence Estimate offers some positive news. It confirms that we were right to be worried about Iran seeking to develop nuclear weapons."

"But the intelligence also tells us that the risk of Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon remains a very serious problem."

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

9. Everything is "good for Bush"

[Catherine Vincent]

10. Kick!

Cliff May

[Sparkly]

11. Cliff May did it on "Live with Dan Abrams," a few minutes ago. nt

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

12. It seems we have a winner. Congratulations to Cliff May as the biggest pug liar of the day!

[K Gardner]

13. Bolton on CNN just said the report "Couldn't be trusted"..

That the report is like a bunch of generals after a war...undercompensating because of the last mistake. What a fucking moron!!