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I think we would be doing more now, but Bush got burned (no pun intended) on the WMD in Iraq. We telegraphed our punch so long in advance that I think any WMD got moved. I would bet money they were there, and I think anything they had is part of the Iranian project now.
Anyway, I don't think Bush will do squat this time because of all the "Bush lied people died" mentality. You know what will happen now? Now those fools who kept saying "Bush lied people died" will have created a political climate that will allow Iran to complete their nuclear bomb. Politicians don't want to touch this with a ten foot pole because of the liberal whining about Iraq.
I hope the people who said "Bush lied people died" will realize they will get people killed. One of two things will happen. Iran will hit Israel with a nuclear bomb, or they will sneak one into the United States. If they hit Israel we will perhaps see WWIII. If they hit the United States they may see a retaliation for a year, then the liberals will complain about our soldiers, about mistreatment in prisons, about disrespecting the Koran, followed with "McCain lied people died". If Obama wins they don't have to worry about any retaliation, because he will go to the United Nations who will do nothing.
Anyway, I don't think Bush will do squat this time because of all the "Bush lied people died" mentality. You know what will happen now? Now those fools who kept saying "Bush lied people died" will have created a political climate that will allow Iran to complete their nuclear bomb. Politicians don't want to touch this with a ten foot pole because of the liberal whining about Iraq.
I hope the people who said "Bush lied people died" will realize they will get people killed. One of two things will happen. Iran will hit Israel with a nuclear bomb, or they will sneak one into the United States. If they hit Israel we will perhaps see WWIII. If they hit the United States they may see a retaliation for a year, then the liberals will complain about our soldiers, about mistreatment in prisons, about disrespecting the Koran, followed with "McCain lied people died". If Obama wins they don't have to worry about any retaliation, because he will go to the United Nations who will do nothing.
Sep 22, 2008 0:05 | Updated Sep 22, 2008 15:53
Military intelligence: Iran halfway to first nuclear bomb
By HERB KEINON
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Iran is halfway to a nuclear bomb, and Hizbullah, Hamas and Syria are using this period of relative calm to significantly rearm, Brig.-Gen. Yossi Baidatz, the Military Intelligence's head of research, told the cabinet Sunday during a particularly gloomy briefing on the threats facing the country.
Ahmadinejad: We'll stop any attacker
Baidatz said there was a growing gap between Iran's progress on the nuclear front and the West's determination to stop it. "Iran is concentrating on uranium enrichment, and is making progress," he said, noting that they have improved the function of their 4,000 centrifuges.
According to Baidatz, the Iranian centrifuges have so far produced between one-third to one-half of the enriched material needed to build a bomb.
"The time when they will have crossed the nuclear point-of-no-return is fast approaching," he said, though he stopped short of giving a firm deadline. Last week in the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, however, he put the date at 2011.
Baidatz said that neither the efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency nor the US and European attempts to get a fourth round of sanctions through the UN Security council were slowing down the Iranian nuclear march.
"The Iranians are pleased that the gap is widening," Baidatz said. "Their confidence is growing with the thought that the international community is not strong enough to stop them," he added.
Baidatz said the Iranians were playing for time, and that time was working in their favor since the longer the process dragged on, the wider the rifts appearing among the countries in the West become. "Iran is in control of the technology and is moving with determination toward a nuclear bomb," he said.