1. I did not say anything about Bush signing off on a plan to attack Iran, Bruce. Apparently Scott Ritter did. I did not say I believed him.

2. If the President of the UNited States says he is not going to unilaterally invade a country, and later does so, who am I to question his wisdom? He must know more than I do, right? It's not lying, it political realism and flexibility. Right?

3. Did Iran claim to have the nuclear weapons capability? I must have missed that. Can you point me to such an article or announcement somewhere?

My prejudice is toward the facts, which as far as I know so far are that Iran has developed part way towards a nuclear energy program. If there is reason for them not to do so, I would like to know what it is. If there is reason to believe they intend to turn off that path and instead develop nuclear weapons, I would like to know what that reason is. If you have facts concerning nuclear weapons in Iran, I would like to hear them, because it is perfectly possible you know stuff I do not.

Do you think everything which uses the word "nuclear" is automatically a WMD? Maybe that is the kind of thinking that got us all confused about Iraq, huh?

Let us cleave to facts as much as we can here.

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