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On 16 September, Newsweek disclosed that the major US intelligence agencies had reported to the White House that Iran's "nuclear status" had not changed since the National Intelligence Estimate of November 2007, which stated with "high confidence" that Iran had halted in 2003 the programme it was alleged to have developed. The International Atomic Energy Agency has backed this, time and again.
The current propaganda derives from Obama's announcement that the US is scrapping missiles stationed on Russia's border. This serves to cover the fact that the number of US missile sites is actually expanding in Europe and the "redundant" missiles are being redeployed on ships. The game is to mollify Russia into joining, or not obstructing, the US campaign against Iran. "President Bush was right," said Obama, "that Iran's ballistic missile programme poses a significant threat [to Europe and the US]." That Iran would contemplate a suicidal attack on the US is preposterous. The threat, as ever, is one-way, with the world's superpower virtually ensconced on Iran's borders.
Iran's crime is its independence. Having thrown out America's favourite tyrant, Shah Reza Pahlavi, Iran remains the only resource-rich Muslim state beyond US control. As only Israel has a "right to exist" in the Middle East, the US goal is to cripple the Islamic Republic. This will allow Israel to divide and dominate the Middle East on Washington's behalf, undeterred by a confident neighbour. If any country in the world has been handed urgent cause to develop a nuclear "deterrence", it is Iran.
Originally posted by Aeons
That's a lot of emotion with plenty of words, to combat the idea of Iran wanting to be a nuclear weapons owning nation, and all of those workds can be blown out of the water by simply contemplating the Imamocracy's motivations
Originally posted by TrueAmerican
Originally posted by Aeons
That's a lot of emotion with plenty of words, to combat the idea of Iran wanting to be a nuclear weapons owning nation, and all of those workds can be blown out of the water by simply contemplating the Imamocracy's motivations
Well by all means- you keep contemplating and speculating on Iran's motivations. I will keep contemplating the facts, as known, by the IAEA and people like Scott Ritter (former UN nuclear weapons inspector). And let's just see who is doing the best job of denying ignorance here.
Originally posted by TrueAmerican
reply to post by Aeons
Iran has stated many times that if they can increase their nuclear energy capabilities, it will allow them to increase oil exports- because they will have less of an internal consumption rate. That in turn, allows them to export more oil.