Comments on NIE report on Iran's nuke program.

When I heard reports on the news about Iran enriching uranium, I was concerned. Iran's president, Mahmoud Amadineajead, is an unstable and insane human beign. This is a person who denies the Holocaust and repeatedly rants about how he would love to destroy the nation of Isreal. I could only think that he would enrich uranium to start or continue to develop a nuclear weapon. His disdain for the West and America are well-known and well-documented. A nuclear weapon in the hands of a madman is nothing short of a horrifying reality and will more than likely result in hell on Earth. Despite excessive sanctions from the United Nations, Iran remained undeterred and continued to enrich uranium, essentially spitting in the face of the international community.

...or so we thought.

Earlier this week, the National Intelligence Estimate released a report that says Iran ended their uranium enrichment program. Not recently, not a month ago, not even several months ago...for four years! That is correct. Iran's uranium enrichment program was halted in 2003 according not only to the NIE, but to fifteen other intelligence agencies. This is not one or two agencies. Sixteen! A total of sixteen agencies said that Iran halted their uranium enrichment program. President Bush held a news coference about the new report. He said that he only got knowledge of the report on November 28.

Should we believe him? Of couse we could. However, if anyone paid close attention to the President's comments, he changes his wording about Iran and their uranium enrichment throughout the summer and into the fall and winter with a three day pause in August. Why would he want to change his rhetoric and words drastically in less than half a week's time? Is there something going on in the White House? What is behind the change in the President's words? Was he given the NIE report in August? I gave him a slight benefit of a doubt. That was until a former national security council member told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann that, in a nutshell, the President knew about the intelligence report on Iran, but he (the President) continued to warn about Iran and their attempts to get a nuclear weapon. President Bush even said that World War 3 will result if Iran's attempt to get a nuclear missle were successful even after he got the intel report.

I am stunned and appaled. I feel lied to and been put through unfounded and unwarranted fear. The efforts of placing tougher sanctions on Iran will fall apart due to the Administration's deliberate attempts to get this nation into another war, costing this nation even more of our brave men and women, costing more of our tax dollars, and further straining of our military's resources. The members of the Bush Administration at the least should tell the American people what really happened. However, that will not be enough for President Bush and for Vice President Cheney. I'm calling for a congressional investigation into the matter and into the intentions of these two. I, along with the American people that put these politicians in their seats, want to know what the hell is going on. We all have a right to know.

I trusted President Bush. I trusted his reasons to go to war in Iraq. My vote for him was a statement that I had confidence in him. My confidence in him in his second term was already shakey and this intel report made said confidence hit the breaking point. In fact, it surpassed that point. I supported him, his reasons to go into Iraq, and his re-election. Now, I regret it. I fully regret it. This nation is now stuck in a war that no one knows how to get out of, and the thought that the President and the White House to lie to the citizens of this great country to get into a military conflict with Iran is beyond dispicable.

Iran is a threat, was a threat, and will always be a threat as long as Amadineajaed is still in power. Courtesy of the lies put out by the White House, Iran is now a much larger threat. If Iran continues their uranium enrichment, the international community, especially Russia and China, will no longer have faith in this nation and may not support further sanctions. This should be grounds for an investigation of the White House and possilby an impeachment of the President and the Vice President. The Administration put this entire nation in further danger by warning all of us about an enrichment program that was suspended for nearly half a decade. I'm calling on all politicians regardless of party or partisanship, to condemn this vile act. The American public and the international community should never have to go through this. We should not be in fear of a threat that didn't exist since 2003. This is yet another lie of this reckless and thoughtless President and Vice President. These two as well as the rest of the administration should be investigated. If need be, they should be impeached. If convicted, they should be removed from office and put in jail.

Good night, and good luck.