Operations into Iran and Syria Allowed Under 2005 ROE

According to documents given to the organization Wikileaks, a secure document repository for whistle-blowers, the 2005 ROE for US forces engaged in operations in Iraq were allowed to move into Iran and Syria if in pursuit of former members of Saddam Hussien’s government. That’s not the only thing contained in these ROE we find troubling, we’ve got excerpts and analysis on the flipside

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Iran No Longer Selling Oil in US Dollars

Iran is no longer selling it’s oil in US dollars. Iran has been moving away from western currency for awhile and now claims that nearly all of its oil transactions are done in non-US currencies.

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Biden Shoots From The Hip on the CIA

We’re not making an endorsement but there’s a whole lot of sense being made by Joe Biden on Sunday’s This Week. Check out the interview. We’re just glad someone is out committing truth, somewhere –

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NIE Spin & Bush – We’re still going to war if he can swing it

As we all know and reported on earlier here, the new release of the National Intelligence Estimate makes the Powell UN speech look like childs play. Now the administration is saying they didn’t get the estimate until moments before it’s release, and they too where shocked by the findings. But, that doesn’t change Bush’s hardline stance, or plans for war if he can swing it. Video and analysis after the jump…

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Another Ginned Up Cause For War

The Bush Administration’s attempt to doctor up a war with Iran suffered a blow yesterday with the release of the National Intelligence Estimate which lists as part of it’s key judgements the following:

Tehran’s decision to halt its nuclear weapons program suggests it is less determined to develop nuclear weapons than we have been judging since 2005.We judge with moderate confidence that the earliest possible date Iran would be technically capable of producing enough HEU for a weapon is late 2009, but that this is very unlikely.

Our assessment that Iran halted the program in 2003 primarily in response to international pressure indicates Tehran’s decisions are guided by a cost-benefit approach rather than a rush to a weapon irrespective of the political, economic, and military costs.

News and analysis after the jump…

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