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Misleading to assume that Iran is definitely aiming for nuclear bomb

Overstating Iran’s nuclear threat hurts efforts to end it peacefully ,Yousaf M. Butt The Washington Post,  January 17, 2011 The Jan. 13 editorial “The Iranian slowdown” stated, “The challenge for the Obama administration, Israel and other allies will be to make use of that window to force a definitive end to the Iranian bomb program.”  However, there is no confirmation that such a bomb program exists. In fact, within the past year, the director of national intelligence has twice said, “We do not know . . . if Iran will eventually decide to build nuclear weapons.”

Conflating Iran’s desire for uranium enrichment – which is as useful for nuclear power as it is for weapons – with a bomb program is misleading and unhelpful in reaching a just and peaceful resolution to the issue. Overstating Iran’s nuclear threat hurts efforts to end it peacefully

January 18, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general