Oh, dear. Bush says that the fact that Iran has abandoned their nuclear weapons program is a "warning signal," because they might start it up again.
WHAT!?!?!
So, it doesn't matter what Iran does. They're damned no matter what. (Which, of course, is the point, isn't it?)
The story now is that they're no longer pursuing weapons, but they are pursuing weapons
knowledge, which Bush thinks (or wants us to think) is just as scary (by now, we're all quite familiar with how much this administration disdains and fears knowledge).
The press tried to hit Bush on his credibility issues and Bush had no answer for them. How could he? He's lied to us, and everyone knows it. In fact, it would appear that he lied during this very press conference, when he claimed that he wasn't briefed about the NIE until last week, which in itself was an incredibly alarming admission of ignorance -- thank goodness
it's not true (link via
AmericaBlog):
Hadley said Bush was first told in August or September about intelligence indicating Iran had halted its weapons program, but was advised it would take time to evaluate. Vice President Cheney, Hadley and other top officials were briefed the week before last. Intelligence officials formalized their conclusions on Tuesday and briefed Bush the next day.
And yet, it was after Bush got the news that Iran had halted its weapons program that he made that famous comment about World War III (which was on October 17, 2007).
