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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 02:18 PM

    re: Chris Sinnard, You don't care about gays? Why not? -- tommy1733

    Tommy, you write like a moron. I hope you are not, and this little note is sent to you hoping you have some ability to follow English words.

    We may yell and scream that a group of people, say gay people, are being mistreated in some foreign land. That is all well and good, and I have done so myself.

    However, when you call for the use of awesome, deadly force to kill people in foreign lands you have left behind both morality and sanity. It is the job of the American government to keep the peace at home and to defend us from attack.

    Do you really see deadly gay-killers invading us anytime soon?

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