Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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"Tell me with a straight face that what you've heard from Bush & Cheney concerning Iran gave you the impression that Iran could have a nuclear weapon no sooner than the middle of next decade but that the weapons program has been shut down since 2003."

It's the WMD lies deja vu, all over again (apologies to yogi berra).

What was the previous NIE regarding Iran's nuclear weapons development. You seem to be saying that Bush should not use the latest NIE, but should psychically foresee what a future NIE is going to say. And, if previous NIEs were so wrong, what makes this one correct. It's also interesting that the dramatic swing in the NIE was based on new intelligence. The NIE was not released until all of the details could be checked out. I have no idea what the new intelligence could be. I just hope that this time they got it right. What happened in 2003 that might have prompted Iran to stop it's nuclear weapons program?