Thompson Skeptical of Latest National Intelligence Estimate: ‘It May Be Too Good to Be True’
Former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson issued the following statement today in regard to the latest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), which concluded that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program four years ago:
“The accuracy of the latest NIE on Iran should be received with a good deal of skepticism. Our intelligence community has often underestimated the intentions of adversaries, including Sadam Hussein’s Iraq and North Korea. And are all of the CIA detractors now going to take intelligence pronouncements at face value? It’s awfully convenient for a lot of people: the administration gets to say its policies worked; the Democrats get to claim we should have eased up on Iran a long time ago; and Russia and China can claim sanctions on Iran are not necessary. Who benefits from all this? Iran.”
“And what if the NIE estimate is accurate? It’s essentially an analysis of Iran’s intentions at a point in time. Meanwhile, Iran continues to enrich uranium for allegedly peaceful purposes, but which would allow them to easily transition to a nuclear weapons program at any point in the future. Maybe even now–now that so many seem willing to forget Iran’s past deceptions and ongoing intransigence. After all, a nuclear weapons program is simply an extension of the process by which uranium is enriched for civilian nuclear fuel. To this day Iran has yet to comply with international demands and its Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty requirements for open inspections and other safeguard measures.”
“The bottom line is that the United States must continue to improve its human intelligence capabilities and intelligence analysis. We must hope for the best, but not let our guard down for a moment. If something appears to be too good to be true, it very well may be.”
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Fred is absolutely correct. At the risk of quoting Dr. Phil, “the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.” We know that Iran has had issues with truthfulness for some time; there is no reason to believe that they have changed their behavior now. Hope for the best, but don’t let our guard down. Go Fred!!
Fred gets it !!! Simple,Honest to the core of our conservative values America will have to elect such a man !
I would have to go with Mr. Thompsons on this issue. I am glad to see one of the GOP candidates is thinking this through before spouting some sort of scripted response.
I am very proud of my candidate!
Go Fred!
Fred is the only consistent conservative and you know what he believes. He is not just saying what he thinks will get him elected as Romney, Huckabee and Guiliani do every day. They are career politicians; Fred is a regular guy…Go Fred Go!
While the numbers are all being counted, and projected, we need to keep in mind the lengthy and ponderous process.
Everyone is making predictions and hedging the bet’s trying to weigh the scale for each separate contestant.
The Trick is to keep the EYE on the Goal! This, country’s safety and security as well as the economy and the mortgage meltdown; and rising taxes when the housing bubble inflated, but when it busted Guess what? They didn’t lower the property taxes!
But we knew that, when do they roll back the taxes? So Forward thinking American’s,
Of BOTH parties or NONE< independent’s! Look at the fact’s as they are! Make your choice as Best you can, even with Skewed Data!
The Best, Insurance? Look how that, turned out! We pay 60% company pay’s 40%
And the HMO’s and Medical Bean counter’s refused the procedure’s you need!
What do YOU think they will do about the rising cost of OIL?
What about Securing our Boarders?
Mark Twain Said, There are three Kinds of Lies. “White Lies, Damn Lies and Statistic’s!”
You do the MATH, Go figure the Odds!
Trust your Eye’s and Listen to your Self!
The Truth “IS” out there!
GO FRED…RUN FAST!………………….RUN HARD!