Bush vs. Syria: Who's Telling the Truth?

"The Bush administration charged Thursday that a secret Syrian nuclear reactor was within weeks or months of completion before Israel bombed it on Sept. 6th, and demanded that North Korea and Syria publicly acknowledge their collusion on a facility that could have produced plutonium for a nuclear weapon. " -The Washington Post

But the Syrian ambassador to Washington totally rejected these allegations and compared them to the Iraq WMDs fiasco. Do you believe him?

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Comments

[joebhed]

As difficult as it is to believe the administration story, it is made possible by the fact that WHATEVER was going on at that site is not something that Syria can divulge to the world.
Syria's silence has been its worst enemy.
The combined silence of both Syria and North Korea means WHATEVER was going on there was something of a joint venture.
Just seems like, to me.
Syria, as the country that was attacked, has to say WHATEVER is.
Syria"s silence gives the US and Israel the upper hand, and there is no propaganda opportunity that the dynamic duo will not pursue.
The saving grace in all of this could be the potential pressure-release that can be provided by the IAEA, once they are able to pursue the truth of these charges.
At the same time, someone should charge the US with violation of its obligation under the NPT to inform the IAEA if it had any information on the undeclared nuclear program, of any kind, weapons or power, of any co-signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Both Syria and the US are signatories, and are thus co-dependent on the security provided by the treaty. If the US has any information about any other undeclared nuclear program, in the Middle East or elsewhere, then the US should inform the IAEA immediately.

[Citizenofreality]

I don't believe anything this administration says, I took W's words to heart, "fool me once..."

[WorkingClass]

Only one thing is certain. Bush is lying.

[outnow]

Cheney is trying to create the justification for a Syrian-Iranian-North Korean nuclear proliferation axis.

[ljmck]

For sure I don't believe Bush. Does anyone?

[jad114]

I'm surprized they did not bring Condi to testify at the UN like Powell did on Iraq's phantom WMDs. Give me a break!

[joebhed]

Coming soon.

[disgustedcitizen]

The bushco administration has cried wolf and lied so many times, Syria could build a bomb in the middle of downtown Damascus in brought daylight, and most of the world would not believe the WH. The damage done by bush/cheney will affect this country for decades to come.

[leonardox1]

My question is why did they wait 7 months to show the photos? These allegations are dubious...brought to us by the same people of the Iraq WMDs

[dignityandhonor]

Based on the previous record of Chimpy and Company, for all we know this is imagery of a facility in Kansas. Only 270 days left...

[DieboldHacker]

I sure hope we can get some unbiased opinions from respected senior military figures soon!

[unclewoody]

There are no respected senior military figures who utter unbiased opinions.
From the evidence, I suggest this scenario.
Since 1996 the FBI has been selling US nuclear 'secrets' through the State Department to ambitious Middle East buyers. Of course, the 'secrets' are bogus.
The Americans figured the buyers would never make a serious effort to build the secret weapons. Only the Iranians in 2003 had carried the plans to the point they detected the fraud. The Iranians abandoned the program [NIE] not eager to disclose how the US had duped them.
The Administration hopes they can use the bogus information as a future false flag operation to start bombing the nuclear facilities.
The Israeli action might have been an experiment to gauge future world reaction. If the Syrians were entirely innocent in this operation, they would have howled to high heaven.
My screenplay on this scenario is in second draft. After Bush nukes Iran, the film could be a boffo boxoffice hit.

[dmacgregor]

I love this comment DieboldHacker!

[jeffmorgan]

Everything is hearsay unless evidence is produced. But I really don't see how it's reasonable to think that this was a Syrian Nuclear facility with this evidence.