Three extremely important threads on Iran nukes & the Bush agenda [View All]

[Nothing Without Hope]

Come on, DU! These threads are important but have received very little attention. None of them are on the Greatest Page, so few people have seen them. If you read them, I think you'll agree that this should change. We need to pay very close attention here.

The Bush administration is moving toward its planned "regime change" in Iran, and so they are trying to undermine the governments own National Intelligence Estimate that Iran is AT LEAST 10 YEARS FROM BEING ABLE TO BUILD A NUCLEAR BOMB. Their so-far all-too-effective method: If facts are inconvenient, turn on the propaganda. These three threads relate to the truth about Iran's nuclear capability and the coming flood of Bushie lies about it.

The first thread is on a Monday article in the Washington Post in which the NIE (National Intelligence Estimate) for Iran - the best intelligence available - has reported that Iran is at least 10 years away from having the components for building a nuclear bomb. I searched for DU threads on this article before posting and did not find any. Here's what I then posted:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1980753
Thread title: WaPo: National Intelligence Estimate says IRAN AT LEAST 10 YEARS FROM BOMB

Then we come to the second article, in which a front group for the Bush Administration tries to undermine the official NIE report. The "Iran Policy Committee" is, by their own statement, "comprised of former officials from the White House, State Department, Pentagon, intelligence agencies, the Congress, as well as experts from think tanks and universities." The statement from their Co-Chair attempts to deny the credibility of the NIE and says that much more attention should be given to the statements of Iranian dissidents. Sound familiar? Maybe Chalabi does Iranian "intelligence" too - such a pity that their favored mouthpiece Judith Miller is in jail.
Here's the second thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1672502
Thread title: IPC Co-chair Comments on Leaked U.S. NIE on Iran

Finally, here's the third thread, in which Ray McGovern sounds the alarm on the administration's Iran agenda and emphasizes the importance of the best evidence about the timing of that nation's acquisition of nuclear capability:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4251697#4252097
Thread title: Ray McGovern on foiling Cheney: "Timing makes all the difference."

It's so frustrating when DU doesn't respond to something one feels is important. I feel that these three threads, taken together, are an important indication of Administration plans for Iran. The IRC Co-Chair's statement needs to be researched) must be firmly rebutted. (I've googled the writer of the IPC's statement, Raymond Tanter, and as you might expect, this academic agrees with the Bush administration's Iran policy -http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1980753&mesg_id=1982306). You know that Cheney and the others will be pushing it as the real story as part of their warmongering. We must not be slow or unprepared to counter-push through the media and elected officials.

We cannot let them lie our country into another unjustified war!