re: #133 Political Atheist

It is not good logic to presume that because GWB got it wrong on Iraq, that the current worries about Iran and nuclear programs are not legitimate. Or exaggerated.

The IAEA exists for very good reason.

And so what about the assessment of our own intelligence services, like Obdi linked above?

re: #34 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

I don’t think public announcements and Iran’s program have a strong relationship.

But what our intelligence services have been saying:

nytimes.com

Eventually, every country with any sort of budget will be able to buy nuclear weapons. We can’t have a plan of “We’ll make sure the bad guys never get nukes”. It’s not a long-term solution. There is no easy path to a liberalized and free Iran, but that’s the real long-term solution.