Ignorant or Deceitful?

-US intelligence learned months ago that Iran suspended its atomic weapons program in 2003. Nevertheless, President Chucklenuts has been beating his war drum and spouting off about world war three. It makes me wonder if he knows what’s going on or if the facts don’t matter to him. Here’s a sample of opinions from Chronicle readers:

“The editorial jumped on this to accuse our president of not being credible. This by the same editorial board that fried President Bush for believing the intelligence on Iraq. You can't have it both ways.

“Have the Chronicle's editorial writers forgotten the memories of hostages, 444 days, Jimmy Carter booted out of office? The leader of Iran was one of the students who took the hostages. And now he is praised for making the rational choice? This is the same Iran that is supplying weapons in Iraq. It is incapable of being rational.”

WILLIAM BAILEY
Houston

-Well, Mr. Bailey, something you won’t hear from Fox News is that the Iranians certainly haven’t forgotten about our CIA “Operation Ajax” which overthrew their elected government in 1953 after the Iranian parliament voted to nationalize British Petroleum because they refused to open their books when questioned about their 85% share of oil profits. The Iranian revolution and US hostage crisis is a classic case of “blowback” from US covert operations.

-Here’s another:

“That George W. Bush should only be aware recently of its contents is not at all surprising for this uninterested and uninformed president, who imagines he runs the "free world" based on his "gut" and divine guidance.

“That the report does nothing to change his apocalyptic view of the world is unsurprising as well. We can only hope to survive the remaining months of this presidency without blundering into yet another war.”

RON SPROSS
Humble

-And one more:

“How did such incompetent people get into the White House? What role did the political process play? The U.S. Supreme Court? The mainstream news media? The religious right?

“This disaster should be thoroughly investigated and corrections made so it will never happen again. Recently, Bush reported that Iran could be responsible for World War III. With the recent revelations, it seems that, if any nation would be responsible for World War III, it would be the United States. What a disturbing thought!”

DAVID ATWOOD
Houston