Is Iran Running a Bluff? Did Robert Gibbs let the cat out of the bag?

[KoKo]

(edited for copyright purposes-proud patriot Moderator Democratic Underground)

Source: Yahoo News

Is Iran Running a Bluff?
Pat Buchanan Pat Buchanan Tue Feb 16, 3:00 am ET

Creators Syndicate – Did Robert Gibbs let the cat out of the bag?

Last week, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the world that Iran, unable to get fuel rods from the West for its U.S.-built reactor, which makes medical isotopes, had begun to enrich its own uranium to 20 percent.

From his perch in the West Wing, Gibbs scoffed:

"He (Ahmadinejad) says many things, and many of them turn out to be untrue. We do not believe they have the capability to enrich to the degree to which they now say they are enriching."

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What explains Gibbs' confidence? Perhaps this.

According to a report last week by David Albright and Christina Walrond of the Institute for Science and International Security, "Iran's problems in its centrifuge programme are greater than expected. ... Iran is unlikely to deploy enough gas centrifuges to make enriched uranium for commercial nuclear power reactors (Iran's stated nuclear goal) for a long time, if ever, particularly if (U.N.) sanctions remain in force."

Thus, ISIS is saying Iran cannot make usable fuel for the nuclear power plant it is building, and Gibbs is saying Iran lacks the capability to make fuel rods for its research reactor.

Which suggests Iran's vaunted nuclear program is a busted flush.

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[grantcart]

1. IRAN is in trouble for lying with IAEA and nothing else.

Even Russia and China have gotten tired of the regimes' posturing on nuclear development while it beats up women protesters in the street.

This is a failed regime that is trying to use the jingoism of their nuclear program to raise patriotice support of their regime. It isn't working.

[xultar]

2. Sometimes you have to play things out and not show your hand. They are doing it right.

Jeez WTF is wrong with DU...everyone is running around in outrage mode.

[nyy1998]

3. Not everyone

I honestly think Obama is doing every he can and doing it pretty well given the conditions. If it was Bush out there, Israel probably would've already bombed it 2-3 months ago. He got Russia and China to agree with on tougher sanctions which isn't easy. He's forced Iran to isolate itself from the rest of the world. That sounds like a pretty good job to me.

[troubledamerican]

4. The "cat" was never in the bag. It's" WMD -- The Sequel".

Too bad they neutralized Scott Ritter.