Isn't it obvious U.S. officials are angry about evidence getting out suggesting Iran is not "the bad guy"?

Question

Just days ago, a new U.S. intelligence report (by the National Intelligence Estimate) said Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and it remains on hold, contradicting the Bush administration's earlier assertion that Tehran was intent on developing a bomb. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071203/ts_nm/iran_usa_dc_4&printer=1;_ylt=Ar2pfYLAosRGTffwB.fgMs5g.3QA So, what does Rice do?--She goes to Russia to urge Putin to step up "coordinated international pressure" on Iran because Iran is still a potential nuclear threat? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071207/ap_on_re_eu/us_iran Sounds like preemptive sanctions. This looks more like Israel's influence over the U.S. government than justified action. Bush and Rice both tell the American public that Iran "could" still develop a nuclear missle, that they "might" still be hiding something and need to "come clean." It also looks like Washington is trying to save face here given more lies have been exposed.

The U.S. perspective bolstered by Israel: If we say Iran is the bad guy, then Iran is the bad guy no matter what the evidence suggests. We only care about the evidence that condemns Iran (something known as "confirmation bias"). Hence, the U.S. (and Israel) will continue finding ways to set the stage for another shock and awe military operation against Iran (March 2008?) before Bush retires as the great war hero he thinks he is.

Answer 1

The U.S. officials you speak about are really the "Bush administration" with its lackeys (or is he the lackey of Cheney?)
This is a "re-run" of what happened in Iraq. Although the White House knew the truth, namely that Iraq and Saddam Hussein had NO INVOLVEMENT in the 9/11 tragedy, they refused to allow the U.N. representative Hans Bl ix to complete his inquiry and give his report. They even falsified evidence and Colin Powell present it to the U.N. (That surprised me that Colin Powell sold out, but perhaps he did it to preserve his son's position as the head of the FCC.)
This is the most cynical White House we have ever had. They cloak themselves in religious righteousness's and then pursue their own agendas which are all but religious.
The war on Iraq was entered into to steal the oil of that nation.
Iran also has a lot of oil. Perhaps Putin ought to worry, as should Chavez, since both are the heads of oil rich nations.
Had we spent the money we are spending on the war on developing alternative energy sources we would have something more to show for it other than death, blood and tears on both sides.
In Iraq we will never withdraw voluntarily since we have built huge military bases in that country showing our will to stay there indefinitely. It is this will that has caused all the "insurgents" who just do not want to be occupied and exploited by us.

Answer 2

What you're saying is largely true, Peter.....but one thing cannot be overlooked; Iran's nuclear capability and research program is far beyond what is was just a few years ago. It is not THAT big a jump from having nuclear capability only for the purpose of supplying nuclear energy and doing research and enrichment for military purposes....but be that as it may, don't forget who we are dealing with; an easily excited, hotbed of religious extremists who have already voiced their belief that the Middle East would be better without Israel......to mention nothing of their feelings towards the United States.......I'm not a big fan of either Bush or Rice, but I must say that the very thought of Iran having even a "little" nuclear capability makes me a bit uneasy.....on another note, it has long been suspected that Iran has been funneling conventional weapon systems into Iraq.....it doesn't take too much of a stretch of the imagination to think that funneling whatever information they've gained from their nuclear research program into other less Western-friendly countries would not be that difficult.....there are other ramifications here that I would not pretend to understand and that are best left to our excellent professional intelligence network......Bush and Rice MAY be beating a dead horse, but here, considering the horrible alternative, I'd personally rather err on the side of super conservatism.

Answer 3

His testimony, in case you could call it that, replaced into to be as imprecise as possible as to why we've been there, why we are there now, and why we ought to constantly be there the next day. it is not approximately preparing the wide-unfold public for an invasion of Iran yet somewhat a clever way of protecting us in Iraq. the wide-unfold public won't understand that the only element that saved the Iranians out of Iraq replaced into Saddam's Sunnis. as quickly as we took them out, all Shiite communities that have been supported by utilising Iran for some years, got here to means and Iranian effect with it. the only element which will ward off them from dominating Iraq are the two our troops or the "Awakening Councils" Aka the insurgents. we are able to purely placed back into means those we deposed interior the 1st place, or we ought to constantly take a seat there continuously incredibly. this is the suggestions-set as far as Iraq. the only reason Iran is stated extra agressively is by way of the fact in some unspecified time interior the destiny the Israelis will take out Hamas/Hezbollah targets in Lebanon and Syria and in line with possibility Iranian nuke web pages. If our troops at the instant are not in Iraq at that factor, 0.5 the rustic would be continuously lost to the Iranians interior the resultant mellee of activities. we can't invade Iran ourselves, however the project is obviously to maintain us in Iraq till Israel's very final enemy domino is taken out. they are going to proceed to die for company greed and Israel. project finished.

Answer 4

The Republicans have put their propaganda machine on overdrive. Just look at all the reports on Fox News and the posts on Yahoo answers attacking the intelligence report as not trustworthy.

But I don't understand. Why do you use this for an attack upon Israel and Jews?

Answer 5

Have you heard of Joe Bean? He killed 20 men before he was ten. He was an unruly kid. On his 20th birthday he was hanged for the one killing that he never did. His mother tried to tell the Governor that he was at work at the time, robbing a train, so he couldn't have committed that particular murder. They hanged him anyway, poor fellow.
Iran is Joe Bean.

Answer 6

They just HATE it when the truth thwarts their evil plans! ;-)=