CHENEY/BUSH WAR HAWKS DECLAWED BY NIE
The Cheney/Bush war machine has been stopped in its tracks by the new NIE findings regarding Iran's benign nuclear program ~ further substantiating that this rogue administration is operating under its own preemptive neocon agenda and most certainly not America's agenda: Allen L Roland
A new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) released Monday concluded that "in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program . This announcement has stunned the imperial Cheney/Bush administration and has brought its hawkish conservative neocon supporters out of their caves.
Now the American public can clearly see the major neocon players and the havoc they have wrought with our once proud Republic as well as clear evidence that Bush knew of this report and knowingly lied to the American people. Of course, behind the scenes is the ever present shadow presidency of Dick ( Darth Vader ) Cheney ~ who not only issues marching orders to George W Bush but sets the neocon agenda.
The American Progress Report provides the details.
Allen L Roland http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2007/12/05.html
THE AMERICAN PROGRESS REPORT
by Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Satyam Khanna, Matt Corley, and Ali Frick
December 05, 2007
CONSERVATIVE SLANDER: Conservatives who desire a military solution to Iran's nuclear ambitions have gone on a full-scale assault to disparage the intelligence community in the wake of the NIE. Yesterday, former U.N. ambassador John Bolton called for a congressional investigation into the "politicized" intelligence community. Neoconservative "godfather" Norman Podhoretz wrote a vitriolic conspiracy theory, accusing the intelligence community of deliberately "leaking material calculated to undermine George W. Bush." American Enterprise Institute's Michael Ledeen called the NIE "blatant unprofessionalism." These Iran war hawks, who have been warning that Iran is close to acquiring a nuclear weapon for months, seem to be outraged that the new, more accurate intelligence gathering does not provide fodder for their warmongering. President Bush declared yesterday that Iran remains "dangerous" and that "nothing has changed."
WHAT DID BUSH KNOW?: The new NIE was reportedly completed a year ago but blocked by the White House. When the NIE was released on Monday, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said Bush was briefed on its findings "in the last few months."
But despite knowing otherwise, the White House falsely warned that Iran was trying to "build a nuclear weapon" that could lead to "World War III."
Bush maintained that he was not told to avoid this rhetoric, but this contradicts Hadley, who said Bush "was basically told: stand down" by the intelligence community.
White House officials are obfuscating on what they knew and when they knew it because the answer has the potential to further damage the credibility of what they have asserted about Iran in the past few months.
Following these revelations, VoteVets called for an congressional investigation into the Bush administration for warning of a false Iran threat despite knowing the key findings of the NIE.
Allen L Roland http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2007/12/05.html
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Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website allenroland.com He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on www.conscioustalk.net
