PLEBE FOR A PRESIDENT?

Just like with Iraq, Bush tells us that Iran is actively seeking nukes and is a dangerous country--and should be dealt with either diplomatically or militarily. (I was betting on the latter--waiting to see how much worse we could mess things up in the Middle East.)

In October, he famously stated that Iran's continued proliferation with nuclear weapons would lead to World War III.

Almost two months later, we get an NIE report that showed that (what I had long suspected) Iran was never pursuing nuclear weapons at all.

But for the life of me, Bush is insisting that Iran remains a considerable and viable threat to our nation's (and the world's) security.

Just like Iraq was before we illegally invaded.

Could it be that Bush's bluff had finally been called by the same intelligence officials which he himself handpicked to deliver this dramatic bombshell?

I'd like to think so. But what's been bugging me is what did Bush know in August--when he was briefed on the NIE--and when did he know it?

The man may think we are all still asleep at the switch--or first-year cadets out of some military academy--but some of us are wide awake.

Waiting to pounce on the truth.

Schuyler Thorpe

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