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OMG. I haven t seen a White House press secretary have this much trouble since Scott McClellan. White House Press Secretary, Dana Perino was in hot water from the moment she began until the moment her press conference ended. This is much like the West Wing episode where CJ gets in hot water. Perino knew that today would be a bad day. There was so much contradictory information out there. Seymour Hersh has reported extensively on this subject. He has been proven right time and time again. He reported in November of last year that the intelligence community didn t have the goods on Iran. Nothing that Ms. Perino said today illuminated Bush s comments from the past 2 days. BTW, I found this while searching the internet - The Administration s most persistent spin of the new Iran NIE is that it vindicates their position because it shows that Iran did in fact have an active nuclear weapons program in 2003. That s quite some vindication. What it really means is that faced with two neighbors in the spring of 2003 who both harbored nuclear ambitions, we invaded the country without an active WMD program while ignoring the one that did. I m not suggesting we should have invaded Iran instead, but by the Administration s own reckoning, we should have. It puts an exclamation point on the colossal folly of our Iraq adventure. bad day, bush, bush administration, countdown, dana perino, intelligence community, iran, scott mcclellan, seymour hersh, west wing episode, white house press

First, I applaud NBC Nightly News for trying to place the newest National Intelligence Estimate into context. I have spliced yesterday s Nightly News together with tonight s.  I think that the picture of what s going begins to come into focus. Secondly, so, what happened?  How did this happen?  Didn t we hear World War III rhetoric just recently?  I find it very interesting that the intelligence community put this report out.  You know that the Bush administration had to have fought to keep it under wraps. I would like to add since Hillary Clinton was getting beaten up in an NPR debate that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is a terrorist organization.  We have known this for more than 10 years (Read Richard Clarke s book Against All Enemies.)  So, that isn t the question.  The question is why do we label this organization now.  It is fact that the IRG has supported several terrorist groups in the region.  Why does the Senate in concert with the White House vote on this now?  If it isn t to support Bush s case for strong, aggressive action then what was the purpose? Finally, it is time to pull in the reigns on the Bush administration.   Yes, there are problems in Iran.  Yes, they have a leader who is crazy and playing to his base (the Iranian leader who did you think that I was talking about).  We, the American people, has an opportunity to get our foreign policy right.  I think that the Intelligence Community has no desire to be the scapegoat again.  This is why they forced the issue and wouldn t cave under pressure. Update:  There are those on the other side of the political spectrum who claim that Progressives are dancing in the streets.  Stating that Progressives believe that Iran poses no threat to the region or to anyone.  Wrong.  There are those that hear whatever they want to hear.  The key is we need diplomacy.  Real diplomacy to get Iran to open its borders so that we can see what s inside.  With the crazy man at the helm we have to assume that he means some of what he is saying.  Hopefully, through engagement we can convince Iran that being a rouge nation is only fun on TV. From WaPo: President Bush asserted today that Iran s nuclear program remains a danger to international security despite an assessment in a new U.S. intelligence report that the Tehran government stopped work four years ago on a suspected effort to build nuclear weapons. In a White House news conference, Bush argued that Iran continues to develop the capability to enrich uranium and that this know-how ultimately could be transferred to a new clandestine weapons program. Look, Iran was dangerous, Bush said. Iran is dangerous. And Iran will be dangerous if they have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon.   (more ) bush administration, bush administration, hillary clinton, intelligence community, iranian leader, iranian revolutionary guard, National Intelligence, national intelligence estimate, national intelligence estimate, nbc nightly news, progressives, terrorist groups, terrorist organization