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2007-12-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2007-12-16 02:25|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 LET US skip ahead then, and ask what are the long-term implications of the 2007 report?

The CIA will be massively re-organized or shut down entirely. This may be more likely under a Democratic president who thinks he/she will get a pass from the media while it is underway.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-12-16 09:47|| 2007-12-16 09:47|| Front Page Top

#2 leading members of Congress are "not convinced" of the NIE's conclusions. French and German leaders snubbed it, as did the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and even the International Atomic Energy Agency believe its American counterparts were hoodwinked, while Israeli intelligence responded with shock and disappointment.

I'll talk this one to death elsewhere, but suffice it to say that the NIE is having an effect, albeit one possibly not-intended by its authors.

It has to do with the willingness of certain groups (like diplomats and foreign relations wonks) to take the written word at full face value.

Posted by Pappy 2007-12-16 10:45|| 2007-12-16 10:45|| Front Page Top

#3 NIE rope-a-dope.

Posted by Skunky Glins5285">Skunky Glins5285 2007-12-16 11:43|| 2007-12-16 11:43|| Front Page Top

#4 The only purpose of the report is to stop the cowboy, Bush from starting another war. (period)
Those who authored the report have never been granted the power to stop a president from such an action, and were I the Congress, I would serve all contributing agencies with a swift ten percent reduction in the next budget.
But then, I have both brains and balls, and the Congress has neither.

Posted by wxjames 2007-12-16 12:03|| 2007-12-16 12:03|| Front Page Top

#5 WX James, the problem is that politics has become such a cesspool, no decent thinking men want to be fouled by the process, so all we get are vile connivers, Honest men need not apply.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-12-16 16:08|| 2007-12-16 16:08|| Front Page Top

#6 (No, I don't want the job either.)

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-12-16 16:09|| 2007-12-16 16:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Compare wid NEWSMAX > NEW IRAN REPORT COULD SPARK WAR. A new anti-Israeli, "YOM KIPPUR" style SURPRISE ATTACK, ONLY NUCLEARIZED/WMD-ized to Israel's detriment = destruction? by Israel's dedic enemies.

* Israel has already indic it may have to adopt PREEMPTIVE policies. A ME/REGIONAL NUKE-WMD ARMS RACE = means ISRAEL in LT will be like TAIWAN, choosing to go down fighting before being de facto defeated iff not absolut destroyed.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-12-16 18:57|| 2007-12-16 18:57|| Front Page Top

#8
The CIA will be massively re-organized or shut down entirely. This may be more likely under a Democratic president who thinks he/she will get a pass from the media while it is underway.

If a Democrat re-orgs the CIA, it'll be worse than it is now.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-12-16 20:09|| 2007-12-16 20:09|| Front Page Top

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