THE PRESIDENT: […] One of the reasons why this is out in the public arena is because I wanted -- and our administration believed that, one, it was important for people to know the facts as we see them. Secondly, that members of my administration had been very clear about the weapons program earlier this year and, therefore, it's important for the American people to see that there has been a -- a reevaluation of the Iranian issue.David.
Q Mr. President, thank you. I'd like to follow on that. When you talked about Iraq, you and others in the administration talked about a mushroom cloud; then there were no WMD in Iraq. When it came to Iran, you said in October, on October 17th, you warned about the prospect of World War III, when months before you made that statement, this intelligence about them suspending their weapons program back in '03 had already come to light to this administration. So can't you be accused of hyping this threat? And don't you worry that that undermines U.S. credibility?
THE PRESIDENT: David, I don't want to contradict an august reporter such as yourself, but I was made aware of the NIE last week. In August, I think it was Mike McConnell came in and said, we have some new information. He didn't tell me what the information was; he did tell me it was going to take a while to analyze.
Condescending little snot.
It took from August to December to analyze, huh?
Even though McConnell told George there was new information, it didn’t give George pause enough to stop hyping the B/S while he was waiting to find out what that new information was. The fact that McConnell said there was new information didn’t give him reason to think it might be something contradictory? Horsefeathers.
People say, would you ever talk to Iran? For you veterans here, for those who have been following this administration for a while, you might remember that I have consistently said that we will be at the table with the EU-3 if Iran would verifiably suspend their program -- and the offer still stands.[...]
And my hope is, is that the Iranian regime takes a look at their policies and changes their policies back to where we were prior to the election of Ahmadinejad, which was a hopeful period. They had suspended their program, they were at the table. The United States had made some very positive gestures to convince them that there was a better way forward. And hopefully we can get back to that day.
What is he saying here besides Ahmadinejad needs to go? Like Saddam. Because the NIE claims that Iran has suspended their nuclear weapons program. I think we have the sum of George’s response to the NIE in this statement: “So our policy remains the same.”
Before I go, I just want to comment on this little phrase:
Now, the Iranians -- the most difficult aspect of developing a weapons program, or as some would say, the long pole in the tent, is enriching uranium.
Where the hell did that “long pole in the tent” bit come from? Who’s been saying that? Somehow, even if that is a folksy phrase that “some would say”, would it be used to indicate a difficult aspect of something?
....but hey, say what you want....you will anyway.
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