Pushing again for bogus lies and deceptions?

[Cookie Parker]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14870327/site/newsweek/

Sept. 25, 2006 issue - American intel agencies appear to be pushing back against conservatives who claim that their judgments about Iran's nuclear program are not hair-raising enough. In a development that reminded some experts of the fights over prewar Iraq intel, hard-liners on the House intelligence committee last month produced a report declaring the U.S. intel community "needs to improve its analysis and collection" on Iran's WMD programs. A caption in the report even claimed that "Iran is currently enriching uranium to weapons grade."

Last week, however, the House committee assessment was slammed by U.N. nuclear experts, who pointed out that there's little evidence Iran is anywhere near producing weapons-grade uranium. And three U.S. officials familiar with recent intel reporting on Iran, who asked for anonymity due to the sensitive subject matter, said that U.S. agencies have not altered assessments that Iran is years away from producing a nuclear bomb. As two of the officials acknowledge, recent intel reporting indicates that if anything, technical problems are slowing down Iran's nuclear program. David Albright, a former U.N. WMD inspector and independent expert, told NEWSWEEK: "Iran's gas-centrifuge program is moving unexpectedly slowly. The program was expected to be much further along by this point." Albright says this assessment is supported by data produced by U.N. investigators; one of the government officials says that because U.N. inspectors still have some access to Iranian nuke facilities, their reporting is at least as good as info being produced by clandestine U.S. spies. Another of the U.S. officials said intel reports show Iran was experiencing significant problems with gyroscopes it has been trying to install on missiles that could deliver Iranian bombs to targets in the region and even further.

How can this administration be taken seriously when it continues to railroad experts into making the information fit their pre-emptive strike agenda?

Do you believe the White House is again trying to use lies and deceptions to go to war with Iran?

Do you trust this Administration to lead us into another war in the Middle East?

Would you allow your child or would even YOU up to age 42 allow yourself or child to be drafted for another Bush war in the Middle East?

[Sandy Eggo]

Were you able to watch or listen to Bush's address at the UN conferernce yesterday? I only heard bits and pieces, but  each time he was speaking of the terrorists, but you could have easily removed the word "terrorist" and replaced it with "US".

The lie stating that our military isn't becoming understaffed really irks me. I read an article yesterday about the percentage of our soldiers that aren't "fit" for service and I can't recall the stat, but I can probably find the article and it was an alarmingly high number. In one interview they tell us that everything is hunky-dorey and in another they tell us that the eligibility age has been increased.  Who do they really think they're fooling?