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U.S. Assures Israel That Iran Threat Is Not Imminent (Another Imam Obama dirty trick)
ny times ^ | 8/19/2010 | MARK MAZZETTI and DAVID E. SANGER

Posted on 08/20/2010 3:50:05 AM PDT by tobyhill

The Obama administration, citing evidence of continued troubles inside Iran’s nuclear program, has persuaded Israel that it would take roughly a year — and perhaps longer — for Iran to complete what one senior official called a “dash” for a nuclear weapon, according to American officials.

Administration officials said they believe the assessment has dimmed the prospect that Israel would pre-emptively strike against the country’s nuclear facilities within the next year, as Israeli officials have suggested in thinly veiled threats.

For years, Israeli and American officials have debated whether Iran is on an inexorable drive toward a nuclear bomb and, if so, how long it would take to produce one. A critical question has been the time it would take Tehran to convert existing stocks of low-enriched uranium into weapons-grade material, a process commonly known as “breakout.”

Israeli intelligence officials had argued that Iran could complete such a race for the bomb in months, while American intelligence agencies have come to believe in the past year that the timeline is longer.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; israel; nuclear
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1 posted on 08/20/2010 3:50:08 AM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

And they should believe him..... why?


2 posted on 08/20/2010 3:52:53 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

I see Lucy teeing up the football for ole Chuck...


3 posted on 08/20/2010 3:54:20 AM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: Izzy Dunne

Israel shouldn’t believe him.


4 posted on 08/20/2010 3:56:36 AM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

I’m sure Israel will immediately back off.


5 posted on 08/20/2010 3:58:15 AM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: tobyhill

They probably would have told Poland they had nothing to worry about in August, 1939.


6 posted on 08/20/2010 3:59:13 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: Izzy Dunne

I wouldn’t believe Obama if he told us he was really a Christian.

Oh wait...


7 posted on 08/20/2010 3:59:37 AM PDT by Ronin (If it werenÂ’t so gruesomely malevolent, Islam would just be silly.)
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To: tobyhill
Obama has lied to every American for his "Obama's American Jihad".

Every single American. Over and over.

No one should ever believe the documented
(and THAT is the only documentation that
exists for the illegal-alien-in-charge) liar.

8 posted on 08/20/2010 4:00:04 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Izzy Dunne
And they should believe him..... why?

Because the White House says he is not Muslim! /sac
9 posted on 08/20/2010 4:00:20 AM PDT by askrenr (HOOAH! It's an Army thing.)
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To: tobyhill

I’d trust Israel’s information more than ours.

It is so obvious this guy is a muslim. He’s doing everything he can to help with Israel’s destruction. If the world thinks it’ll be bad if Israel hits Iran, wait until Iran gets the nuke and gives it to every middle east country. If we don’t stop this or give our blessing to Israel to stop it, there’s going to be some bad stuff going down.


10 posted on 08/20/2010 4:01:09 AM PDT by Terry Mross (I)
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To: tobyhill

Yeah, I’d throw him about as far as I could trust him.


11 posted on 08/20/2010 4:01:28 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate: Republicans freed the slaves Month.)
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To: Man50D
I’m sure Israel will immediately back off.

I have a hunch that Netanyahu is fully aware of what a pantload our _resident is, and will do what's in Israel's interest.

A better friend than we deserve, at the moment.

12 posted on 08/20/2010 4:14:09 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: tobyhill

Israel just needs to bomb the hell out of Iran....even nuke it. I would not trust anything coming from an Islamophilia-fueled Imam Obama admin.


13 posted on 08/20/2010 4:17:32 AM PDT by UCFRoadWarrior (JD for Senate ..... jdforsenate.com. You either voting for JD, or voting for the Liberal...)
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To: Izzy Dunne

Netanyahu knows our countries are no longer friends.


14 posted on 08/20/2010 4:17:46 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: tobyhill

I think the Mossad is more on top of goings-on in the Iranian nuclear program than the CIA or any other intelligence service. After all, it is Israel who will face extinction first from an Iranian bomb. Therefore I am also certain Bibi and Company filed this information in the circular basket immediately.


15 posted on 08/20/2010 4:22:06 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: tobyhill
The Obama administration, citing evidence of continued troubles inside Iran’s nuclear program, has persuaded Israel that it would take roughly a year — and perhaps longer — for Iran to complete what one senior official called a “dash” for a nuclear weapon, according to American officials.

Oh great! That give us another whole year to dither!

16 posted on 08/20/2010 4:22:47 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Izzy Dunne
The Israelis are some pretty smart cookies.

I'm sure they know better than to pay any attention to the Obamaganda coming from the White House.

17 posted on 08/20/2010 4:24:28 AM PDT by MamaTexan (Dear GOP - ~ We suck less ~ is NOT a campaign platform)
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To: tobyhill

So Israel should plan on being nuked next year?


18 posted on 08/20/2010 4:29:16 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (m)
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To: tobyhill
The Obama administration, citing evidence of continued troubles inside Iran’s nuclear program, has persuaded Israel that it would take roughly a year — and perhaps longer — for Iran to complete what one senior official called a “dash” for a nuclear weapon, according to American officials.

Is it just me or is this parsing? Sure the "weapon" won't be ready for a year but the processing of Uranium is the problem and along with that is the extra year for design and perfection of a deliverable nuke.

Also, isn't the current crisis based on the fact that, once the reactor is fueled, bombing it would create problems?

19 posted on 08/20/2010 4:29:23 AM PDT by raybbr (Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
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To: Ronin
I wouldn’t believe Obama if he told us he was really a Christian.

He is totally full of crap. He's reflexively wrong on nearly everything. He is a menace to our nation and damn near everyone living here.

WAKE UP AMERICA

Obama - Jive Talkin'
Obama - Jive Talkin'
20 posted on 08/20/2010 4:30:50 AM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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