Three More Reasons to Reject the NIE on Iran By Spook 86

To accept the U.S. intelligence community’s finding that Iran halted its nuclear weapons development program three years ago, one must assume that Tehran suspended its most important state program on a “cost analysis” basis. Funny, writes Spook86, we never knew that Iran’s ruling mullahs were B-school graduates.

Borrowing a phrase from Hillary Clinton, acceptance of the key judgments found in the new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran’s nuclear program requires the “willing suspension of disbelief.”

Not only are we supposed to accept the finding that Iran halted its nuclear weapons development program three years ago; readers must also accept the notions that Tehran is suddenly vulnerable to international pressure, and suspended its most important state program on a “cost analysis” basis. Funny, but we never knew that Iran’s ruling mullahs were B-school graduates.

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