tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32011084.post8474431667629229137..comments2023-05-11T09:11:34.414-04:00Comments on Iran Nuclear Watch: Why Should We Believe the Intelligence Community This Time?Carah Onghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458632077888427888noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32011084.post-22595025433693085632007-12-09T10:53:00.000-05:002007-12-09T10:53:00.000-05:00This posting by Jim Walsh is very sound. What Jim...This posting by Jim Walsh is very sound. What Jim shows is that, contrary to the demonization that has gone on, most states act within their rational interests. The NIE notes that Iran made a "cost-benefit analysis" in 2003 that a weaponized nuclear program would harm, not help its interests in trade and international viability. Despite the bluster from both Mssrs. Bush and Ahmedinejad since, that equation has not changed. <BR/><BR/>More Philly comments in the link posted below.<BR/><BR/>Ed Aguilar,<BR/>Project for Nuclear Awareness<BR/><BR/>Philadelphia Inquirer Readers Forum on "Iran and the NIE" just published this weekend: <BR/><BR/>http://www.philly.com/inquirer/<BR/>opinion/20071208_Letters<BR/>___Readers_Respond__Iran-NIE.html<BR/>?referrer=facebookAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12406899165246516379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32011084.post-8593577604319614522007-12-08T22:24:00.000-05:002007-12-08T22:24:00.000-05:00There's no evidence of any nuclear program ever ex...There's no evidence of any nuclear program ever existing in Iran.<BR/>They're just spinning.hasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14119702949390313368noreply@blogger.com