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US: Iran Not On The Verge Of Becoming Nuclear
2012-08-10
The US has announced that there has been no change in the intelligence assessment according to which Iran is not on the verge of becoming nuclear and that there is still time for diplomacy.
 
A senior US official said that contrary to reports in Israel, Washington maintains the view that Iran is not on the verge of obtaining nuclear capabilities.
Posted by:trailing wife

#10  So IOW the USA itself admits it has no reason to attack Iran - moreso as Iran will only have the capability to quickly build Nukes in times of emergency under its hallowed "Japan/Egypt" nuclear model, + not seemingly have any nuke arsenal per se.

By most accounts MAHANIST Tehran is optmistic or confident that, short of direct US-NATO = UNSC ground intervention, Baby Assad will prevail in Syria. They need Syria for their desired new anti-US naval presence in the Mediterranean, which is NOT what the KSA + Turkey wanna see.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-08-10 19:56  

#9  Er they got heavily held back, Google.stuxnet virus. The us made it, what else have they done. I beleive there position and second there is always an air strike a couple of mins away. The other thing is the us have many spy sattelites and I'm sure there keeping a close watch.
Posted by: devilstoenail   2012-08-10 19:02  

#8  well ... the divergence between US press releases and Israeli press releases is becoming very noticeable now. Do ya' think this could possibly have anything to do with the approaching election in Nov .... Nahhhh! I didn't think so either :-)

The question is ... where exactly does Israel draw the line in the sand? That's the $64,000 question.
Posted by: Raider   2012-08-10 12:56  

#7  Jane, please file under Pakistani Seismic tremors and Middle Eastern Flight Training Students.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-08-10 08:44  

#6  And the USSR was solid and the Berlin Wall would never come down.
Posted by: AlanC   2012-08-10 08:39  

#5  So...."The word is out" ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-08-10 08:38  

#4  Peace in our time?

/Neville
Posted by: Pappy   2012-08-10 08:34  

#3  We believe you.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-08-10 05:21  

#2  Not this week.
Posted by: Glong Phutle2800   2012-08-10 02:57  

#1  Blah blah.
Posted by: newc   2012-08-10 00:50  

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