John Edwards slaps down Bush/Cheney on IRAN using new NIE

jsamuel

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Mon Dec-03-07 04:29 PM
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John Edwards slaps down Bush/Cheney on IRAN using new NIE

Edited on Mon Dec-03-07 04:36 PM by jsamuel

http://johnedwards.com/news/press-releases/20071203-iran-nie/

"The new National Intelligence Estimate shows that George Bush and Dick Cheney's rush to war with Iran is, in fact, a rush to war. The new NIE finds that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that Iran can be dissuaded from pursuing a nuclear weapon through diplomacy. This is exactly the reason that we must avoid radical steps like the Kyl-Lieberman bill declaring Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization, which needlessly took us closer to war. And it's why I have proposed that we pursue a comprehensive diplomatic approach instead."

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LSparkle

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Mon Dec-03-07 04:33 PM
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1. Good move mentioning Kyl-Lieberman

Because we know who voted for that ...

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Nutmegger

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Mon Dec-03-07 04:35 PM
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2. R & K!

:thumbsup::kick:

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asdjrocky

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Mon Dec-03-07 04:36 PM
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3. K&R

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The_Casual_Observer

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Mon Dec-03-07 04:36 PM
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4. Trouble is, Edwards made the K-L thing the centerpiece of his attacks

of Hillary. K-L is now completely irrelevant.

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jsamuel

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Mon Dec-03-07 04:40 PM
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5. "declaring Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization" is "completely irrelevant"?

I do not agree.

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The_Casual_Observer

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Mon Dec-03-07 04:49 PM
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7. The threat of nukes is the only pretext strong enough to attack

Iran. Nobody is going to pay the slightest bit of attention to anything else.

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LSparkle

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Mon Dec-03-07 05:00 PM
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8. Especially when K-L came up AFTER the NIE was completed

You can't tell me the WH wasn't behind that resolution. Even though the NIE would have indicated that Iran was LESS of a threat, they encouraged the saber-rattling ...

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Kurt_and_Hunter

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Mon Dec-03-07 06:12 PM
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11. As an Edwards supporter, you might want to add to your quiver that

Senator Obama also supports the IRG designation as a terrorist organization.

If Edwards thinks he will win by going after Hillary only, he's wrong. (Obama is holding all the progressive anti-war votes that Edwards needs, not Hillary.)

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rurallib

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Mon Dec-03-07 04:43 PM
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6. K-L is hardly irrelevant.

Maybe Fox will spin it that way.

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waiting for hope

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Mon Dec-03-07 05:09 PM
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9. Excellent statement -

Edwards will bring diplomacy back the the US.

K&R!

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vanboggie

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Mon Dec-03-07 06:09 PM
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10. I figured out why I've always liked Edwards

He's as angry as we are about what's happened to our country. Well, that and anybody Elizabeth Edwards married has to be the real deal.

Kickin' for John. :kick:

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K8-EEE

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Tue Dec-04-07 10:18 AM
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12. Yeah that's why I'm an Edwards gal....

We don't need to "work with" or "be one with" neocons...Obama is a little too Kumbaya!

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