Iran News Shows Iraq Didn't Have To Happen

Iran News Shows Iraq Didn't Have To Happen

Recently U.S. Intelligence has confirmed that Iran ended its nuclear weapons program over five years ago. The thing that I think angers me most about the most recent revelation is that all the saber rattling by the Bush administration in recent months was just a carbon copy of their unsubstantiated case to invade Iraq. It confirmed some of the most biting cynicisms within many of us.

The White House has known for months that the 2005 assessment that Iran was pursuing a nuclear weapons program was false. Despite knowing this Bush, Cheney and the rest has embraced an unthoughtful and provocative rhetoric against Iran. In addition, the administration has pursued acts of congress that would give Bush and Cheney the legal power to go to war with Iran. (This includes a resolution supported by Hillary Clinton, FYI.)

The news for the past two days I think reveals perhaps how events might have unfolded had accurate intelligence been presented during the lead up to the War in Iraq throughout 2002 and 2003. The administration would have been exposed as being the most devious, secretive and nefarious since that of Richard Nixon. We wouldn't have invaded Iraq, George Bush wouldn't be President and this would be a very different world.

Oh, hindsight.