By Cernig
Some stuff worth a read on the recent briefing to Congress that purported to show that Syria was building a nuclear weapons program.
Steve Clemons has the transcript of the briefing made to Congress, in full.
The IAEA has said it will investigate the allegations but attacked the US for the 8-month delay in revealing its data and Israel for side-stepping international law with it's "preventative" airstrike.
The BBC notes that "the revelations raise as many questions as they answer" - like where were the ancillary plants Syria would have needed to turn any fuel into a bomb...and come to that, where was the fuel?
The editors of National Review think they have the answers - North Korea was using Syria as a proxy location for its own nuclear weapons program. Fuel would have come from NK and gone back there for reprocessing. So the Syrians wouldn't have gotten a weapon from it after all? What was in it for them, then?
Moon of Alabama, however, has some grave doubts about the briefing itself. Another Powell-esque episode of "Slam-Dunk Pictures Presents?"
Cheryl Rofer, a nuclear and non-proliferation expert with years of experience in the field, has been analysing the photos and CGI from the briefing to Congress.
And lastly, over at The Arms Control Wonk, James Acton is wondering "why now?" For a probable answer to that, I'll refer him to the NRO article above and it's last line: "It�s time to admit the deal was a mistake and start rebuilding the consensus to sanction Kim Jong Il for his dangerous lies." It's what the Cheney/Bolton camp have been after all along and this was the right time to strike.
No comments:
Post a Comment