Your Thoughts? Former DIA Chief: Nuclear Deal With Iran Wishful Thinking.

2015-06-11T00:05:03-04:00

Fox News reports that retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn who used to run the Defense Intelligence Agency said this about the administration’s pursuit of a nuclear deal with Iran in a written statement to a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee;

“It is clear that the nuclear deal is not a permanent fix but merely a placeholder,” he said in the testimony, obtained by Fox News in advance of a hearing where he’s set to testify.

He said the 10-year timeframe on parts of the deal “only make sense” if the U.S. thinks a “wider reconciliation” with Iran is possible. He called this “wishful thinking,” adding that “regime change” is the best way to stop Iran’s nuclear weapons program.

In lengthy written remarks, Flynn asserted that Iran has “every intention” of building a nuclear weapon, and their desire to destroy Israel is “very real.”

Well, it’s not like we already didn’t think that, but it’s nice to have General Flynn validate our suspicions. Who better to negotiate policy based on wishful thinking than John Kerry?

Flynn went on to condemn Iraq for their participation in the killing of US troops and continued that there is no real strategy against ISIS, but, you know, the President admitted as much just two days to the world.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/10/wishful-thinking-obamas-ex-military-intel-chief-blasts-iran-deal-in-scathing/

‘Wishful Thinking’: Obama’s ex-military intel chief blasts Iran talks in scathing testimony

A former top military intelligence official under President Obama on Wednesday blasted the administration's pursuit of a nuclear deal with Iran, calling it a placeholder based on wishful thinking.

Response by SSG John Jensen made Jun 11 at 2015 1:24 AM

2015-06-11T01:24:18-04:00

look up the LFTR reactor - it's thorium based, not uranium. wonderful article in scientific american way back when, we actually developed the reactor back in the '50s - the one reason that we didn't produce them was the waste could not be weaponized.
if Iran really wants nuclear for energy only then offer them the LFTR reactor - it's a simple test.
also LFTR waste half-life is decades, not millennia, and accidents could not be on scale of chernobyl or fukushima

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Jun 11 at 2015 2:31 AM

2015-06-11T02:31:56-04:00

General Flynn is right.

Response by SSG James Arlington made Jun 11 at 2015 10:01 AM

2015-06-11T10:01:03-04:00

These types of international agreements are only acceptable if there is "total, unrestrictive access."

Response by LCDR Thomas Doherty (USNR-R Ret) made Jul 14 at 2015 6:34 AM

2015-07-14T06:34:51-04:00

"Regime change?" Where did I hear that phrase before? How did that work out?