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[johnny9fingers]

This is the problem of crying wolf. Now that neither the US or the UK has a credible intelligence service when it comes to this sort of thing, we are left with our own particular brand of toothless fascism. If we do something about this we're warmongers: if we don't, we're weak.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/06/iran.foreignpolicy?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews

If, of course, our intelligence had been correct in the first place, and we hadn't gone to war in Iraq, we might not be in this position. We might have even retained the moral ascendancy, which would have enabled us to act in a more determined fashion.

We may even have had the money to do it too.

Well, I wouldn't start from here....

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[winterlion.livejournal.com]

the last US report (CIA) suggested otherwise ....

Both your country and the US were responding to DOD intelligence reports and fabrications.

This smells like "fabrication" too. *sigh*

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

Well, neither country has an intelligence community of credibility. We just can't tell what's going on. And even if we can, our integrity is, to use the jargon, a busted flush.