Iran and nuclear enrichment? Let's watch Iran.

"wow ,seymor hersh is on of the best investigative journalists of out time." Seymore Hersh has never authored any literature favorable to conservative domestic or foreign policy. He constantly mocks conservatives, and is himself a democrat. Much of the so-called investigative stories end up being either fiction or half-truths. "…and if the grand ayatollah thinks something is bad then the country won't do what he think." If you think popular opinion in Iran follows the Grand Ayatolla then you're even dumber than your previous statements have indicated. People in Iran, especially student intellectuals, can't stand the Ayatolla, his mullahs and even the president. They can't wait to see them go away. "THIS IS EVIDENCE the National intelligence estimate ( a govt organazation) said IRAN DOESNT have NUKES." I NEVER SAID IRAN HAS NUKES! Please try to understand what I have written. I said Iran (and yes, with the Grand Ayatolla's concurrence) has openly stated that it will not discontinue its uranium enrichment program. You know, fissionable material, atomic bomb. Why didn't the NIE come up with this conclusion earlier? After all, the estimate was published last year (2007) and it claimed Iran discontinued its enrichment program in 2003. The NIE also contradicts itself by concluding that Iran is 10 years away from developing an a-bomb (revised from its earlier estimate of 5 years). Read the report summary by USA Today I have included at the end of this reply. "GET OWNED and actually try to make arguments against me and not on sources that a monkey can see is credible." I have no idea what you are saying dude. You can't even form a logical question. Your sources may impress a monkey, but not someone with at least average intelligence. READ THIS: WASHINGTON — A new intelligence estimate that reverses previous U.S. claims that Iran is developing nuclear weapons will not change the Bush administration's policy of tough sanctions and diplomacy. "That was our policy … and that's our policy going forward," said Stephen Hadley, the president's national security adviser. "We have the right strategy." REPORT SUMMARY: Read the NIE assessment PHOTOS PLAY ROLE: Pictures contributed to reassessment IN IRAN: Iran welcomes move to 'correct' nuke claim Iran ceased its secret nuclear weapons program in 2003 and has not resumed work toward building nuclear arms, a National Intelligence Estimate released Monday says. The estimate reverses claims the intelligence community made two years ago that Iran appeared "determined to develop" a nuclear weapons program. The new estimate did not explain why the intelligence community did not know Iran had stopped its weapons program before the 2005 estimate was released. FIND MORE STORIES IN: George W Bush | Iran | Tehran | Intelligence | Estimate The estimate, reflecting the collective judgment of the nation's 16 intelligence agencies, also concludes that Tehran probably is "keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons" by continuing to build missiles and pursue a civilian nuclear power program. Iran, intelligence analysts concluded, halted weapons development in response to international scrutiny and the threat of increased sanctions. U.S. officials are still trying to enlist more nations to bring sanctions against Iran. On Monday, Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said he met with Chinese officials to agree on key issues involved in imposing a third set of United Nations sanctions on Iran for continuing a nuclear weapons program. Shortly after Burns' comments in Singapore, the intelligence community released its estimate saying Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons program in 2003. Despite the differences from the 2005 analysis, intelligence officials thought it was important to set the record straight by making public that "our understanding of Iran's capabilities have changed," said Donald Kerr, deputy director of national intelligence. Monday's estimate was a double "good news story," said Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri, the ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee. "The intelligence community was willing to reconsider an important intelligence judgment," Bond said. "Iran doesn't appear to be currently working on a bomb." Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the estimate undercuts the administration's "obsession with regime change and irresponsible talk of World War III." Last month, President Bush said the U.S. policy toward Iran was aimed at avoiding "World War III." "The NIE makes clear that the right combination of pressure and positive incentives could prompt Tehran to extend the current halt to its nuclear weapons program," said Biden, a Democratic candidate for president. Mordechai Kedar, who served in Israel's military intelligence for 25 years and is a researcher at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv, said Israel's intelligence community disagrees with the latest estimate. "This is a matter of interpretation of data. I do believe that the U.S. and Israel share the same data, but the dispute is about interpreting the data. … Only a blind man cannot see their efforts to put a hand on a nuclear weapon. They are threatening the world."