Can you show any that verify the first paragraph
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JeffC
Oh, come on. You might as well be quoting Karl Rove. Show me the IAEA report that verifies the current state of Iranian nuclear production. Verified facts, please.
of the NIE? How can anyone in the US show verified facts on the Iranian nuclear program?
Speculation is speculation, regardless of who prints it, seems to me. Been my observation that most who print speculation and try to couch it as fact have a bias that will come out in their statements and that all too frequently, there's an agenda at work -- and that agenda may not be what seems apparent.
just like those centrifuges....
I think the thread has started to spin in circles, and break down frequently.
I think we can all agree:
1) That current evidence seems to suggest that Iran has suspended its weaponization programme, for now at least.
2) It does have an active enrichment programme, of uncertain size. This could be civilian, it could be part of a drive to build a weapon, or it could be part of an effort to attain weapons capacity (without actually moving to a weapon).
3) The military option, regardless of its drawbacks or merits, is off the table for now.
Given this, perhaps we can focus on:
1) What ought to be the goal? No Iranian enrichment capacity? Limited under safeguards? With what quid pro quos?
2) Ought current diplomatic efforts be revised in some way?