[lit-ideas] Re: Hersh's New Yorker article on. Iran
- From: Carol Kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:09:31 -0700
NOW is the
> time for the Bush Administration to reveal what it knows about Iran.
ck: Yes. Now is also the time for the Bush admin to have in place a very,
very clear idea of what it intends to do with Iran, once regime change is
accomplished. If, as Hersh says, the Bushies are counting on Iranians to
rise up against the current regime, and install a new "government" that the
US will like, it's another Iraq--or a broadened Iraqi conflict. Now is the
time for Republicans to pressure Bush to reveal why the US would not be
provoking a bigger mess.
Btw, the old "But we can't do nothing!" won't fly, regardless of Iran's
stockpile. Want to just "do" something? Go pick your nose. Instead of
invading another country, we'll stage a continent-wide nose-picking hour,
daily. Happy now?
Carol
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Yost" <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 3:55 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Hersh's New Yorker article on. Iran
> >>Here is the New Yorker article by Seymour Hersh
> re. the Administrations plans toward Iran and potential consequences.
>
> Oh, I see. When Hersh writes about it, it's okay. When I start a thread
> about it a week ago, before this article was posted, everybody has to jump
> down my throat and attack? Jeez...you guys.
>
> The CSIS study I cited has a lot more detail about options and
> consequences. They present the material in the same way, although the CSIS
> report doesn't engage in meretricious Bush-bashing. What's missing in
> Hersh are descriptions of the Iranian underground-complex systems and all
> the tens of billions of dollars they've put into concealment and
> protection of their nuclear weapons facilities.
>
> I agree with Joseph Cirincione--who I cited last week and Hersh
> mentions--from Carnegie. Bush should tell US citizens the undoctored
> extent of what is known about Iran's potential danger. This should be
> fully presented, to give everyone a chance to reflect on the information
> and debate its credibility.
>
> Iran of course at any time can come forward, and open its sites for
> inspectors to disprove the claims. That would mean giving IAEI people more
> access to sites than Iran has ever done...which isn't likely. They'd
> probably just get another guided tour of Mullah Disneyland.
>
>
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