Thursday, September 14, 2006

Here we go again

U.N. inspectors challenge House nuclear report on Iran 'Outrageous and dishonest' claims, officials complain - Dafna Linzer, Washington Post, via SFGate

Snips:

U.N. inspectors investigating Iran's nuclear program angrily complained Wednesday to the Bush administration and to a Republican congressman about a recent House committee report on Iran's capabilities, calling parts of the document "outrageous and dishonest" and offering evidence to refute its central claims.

The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) openly clashed with the Bush administration on prewar assessments of alleged weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Relations all but collapsed when the agency revealed that the White House had based some allegations about an Iraqi nuclear program on forged documents.

When the congressional report was released last month, Hoekstra (Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee) said his intent was "to help increase the American public's understanding of Iran as a threat." His spokesman Jamal Ware said Wednesday that Hoekstra would respond to the IAEA letter.

They lied and fabricated evidence in an attempt to justify the invasion of Iraq and, since that worked so well, they're using the same game plan on Iran. How does the old saying go? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Well, not all of us were fooled the first time - in fact, how anybody with even two working brain cells could have bought the Bush Regime's crap regarding the so called Iraqi threat is beyond me. Fear, I know, is a great selling point. In fact, let's run Peter Hoekstra's comment snipped above through the double talk translator, shall we?

Here, again, is is the Hoekstra quote regarding his intent in releasing the House Committee report on Iran: "to help increase the American public's understanding of Iran as a threat."

Now, the double talk translation: to help increase the American public's fear of Iran as a threat.

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