Comments on: EDITORIAL: The diplomatic shift http://warincontext.org/2007/12/04/editorial-the-diplomatic-shift/ ... with attention to the unseen Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:22:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Joseph Harris http://warincontext.org/2007/12/04/editorial-the-diplomatic-shift/comment-page-1/#comment-666 Joseph Harris Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:41:12 +0000 http://warincontext.org/2007/12/04/editorial-the-diplomatic-shift/#comment-666 I believe it's safe to assume the President knew things had changed in Iran many months ago. Really seems a silly thing to speculate on, of course he knew. If the president doesn't get assessments on all important nations pretty much daily, somethings extremely wrong in that organization. I believe it’s safe to assume the President knew things had changed in Iran many months ago. Really seems a silly thing to speculate on, of course he knew. If the president doesn’t get assessments on all important nations pretty much daily, somethings extremely wrong in that organization.

]]> By: Tony Litwinko http://warincontext.org/2007/12/04/editorial-the-diplomatic-shift/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Tony Litwinko Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:54:30 +0000 http://warincontext.org/2007/12/04/editorial-the-diplomatic-shift/#comment-649 Acording to WAPO on Dec. 4th, Bush knew about the matter months ago: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/03/AR2007120302210.html?nav=rss_politics&sid=ST2007102501235 Acording to WAPO on Dec. 4th, Bush knew about the matter months ago: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/03/AR2007120302210.html?nav=rss_politics&sid=ST2007102501235

]]> By: Tony Litwinko http://warincontext.org/2007/12/04/editorial-the-diplomatic-shift/comment-page-1/#comment-648 Tony Litwinko Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:03:05 +0000 http://warincontext.org/2007/12/04/editorial-the-diplomatic-shift/#comment-648 Perhaps Bush knew as early as mid-October? That's when his rhetoric noticeably changed and he began talking about keeping from Iran the "knowledge" in his famous war hawk line: "So I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon." After all, Cheney had been resisting releasing the NIE for months, and must have known what its contents were. Why else want to suppress it? Perhaps Bush knew as early as mid-October? That’s when his rhetoric noticeably changed and he began talking about keeping from Iran the “knowledge” in his famous war hawk line:
“So I’ve told people that if you’re interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon.”

After all, Cheney had been resisting releasing the NIE for months, and must have known what its contents were. Why else want to suppress it?

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