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Obama v. the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran

Last year, the NIE famously concluded with "high confidence" that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003. Why did Obama say yesterday that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons?

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  • Monday, January 12, 2009 04:13 PM

    Glenn hopes this is a misdirect.

    Based on the character of Obama and his inspired dedication there may be ample reason to believe that he is acting in a particular manner so as not to get certain people all defensively paranoid and start increasing the shredding or setting up a stronger opposition.

    Bush is given no reason to believe he will be prosecuted or even investigated further...or Cheney either.

    Israel is led to believe that Obama perceives Iran the same way Israel perceives Iran and that he will act accordingly so no need to act desperate in regards to Iran at this time.

    Maybe Obama is misdirecting expectations of what he might do so opposition will be relaxed. I certainly hope so. Through out the campaign he acted with integrity and conscience but I have become suspicious and attribute dishonesty because of 8yrs of the Bush liar. It is why I remain hopeful and optimistic about his actions and will remain so until he proves I should believe differently. Just saying...

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