...other than maybe that GWB needs the backing of China, France and Germany at the UN for the present and future.I think this is got to be the reason.
It's now feared (according to Ken Timmerman's book Countdown to Crisis) that if Iran used all of the secret nuclear facilities that are now being discovered since it started building them in the early 90s (with lot's of help from A.Q. Khan, for one), they would have enough fissile material by now for 25 nuclear warheads.
The scary thing is that no one really knows. Timmerman's book is a must read, by the way.
Cooperation from Europe on the Iran issue is much more important right now then opening old wounds and wasting political capital on proving the WMD issue.
"Cooperation from Europe on the Iran issue is much more important right now then opening old wounds and wasting political capital on proving the WMD issue."
At first I agreed with the General when he made this observation, but I'm having second thoughts. And the reason for this is that the WMD issue has caused Bush, the CIA and our government in general so much consternation and ridicule that we have already been branded as incompetent and untrustworthy.
In other words, the very support we need in Iran and for the future WOT has already been jeopardized in large part because of what these others have done by making Bush & Co. look like liars and fools over the WMDs. Not to mention that these are serious issues involving France and Russia...and especially Russia, since they are supplying Iran in a similar fashion they did Saddam and Iraq.
As geo-politically incorrect as it may be, I think America needs to get back its good name and expose those who are the real liars in this charade...especially since we are only gettin tepid support by some of these folks to begin with. In fact, looking at Russian and France's actions prior to this war, these people have done nothing but work against us, as they helped arm Saddam and now Iran.
It's obviously a touchy situation that needs some diplomatic savy...but I just can't see letting some of this go. If not public disclosure, I would at least hope people are working the back channels in a way that everyone can save some face...especially the USA who has been smeared incredibly over this ordeal.