Here’s the guy in charge of monitoring Iran’s nuclear activities talking to Wolf Blitzer on CNN:
“I have not received any information that there is a concrete, active nuclear weapon program going on right now. … We have information that there have been maybe some studies about possible weaponization. But we are looking into these alleged studies with Iran right now. … But have we seen having the nuclear material that can be readily used into a weapon? No. Have we seen an active weaponization program? No. So there is a concern, but there is also time to clarify these concerns.”
This contrasts what our Vice-President (and his network of warmongers keep telling us):
“Iran is pursuing technology that could be used to develop nuclear weapons. The world knows this.”
If we are to give Cheney the benefit of the doubt, we can agree that Iran’s avowed desire to develop a nuclear energy program could conceivably lead, in the future, to knowledge that could be converted to a weapons program. But there is no evidence at all that they are currently pursuing a weapons program. Are we going to go to war over such things?
The most important thing is the Democrats not fall for this rhetorical trap. They need to call Dick Cheney a liar. People are not going to believe Dick Cheney.
