07 October 2007
OK, Maybe I Was Wrong About the Nature of the Israeli Airstrike on Syria
According to this ABC News report, the US requested, and got, a delay in the attack because they were concerned about the accuracy of the Israeli intelligence showing an ambitious nuclear facility, and possible repercussions.
I may have been wrong in my previous assessment that it was not a nuclear facility, but as the sources could for the ABC story could be political appointees, I still lean against it being a nuclear facility.
Simply put, Syria does not have the infrastructure to even begin any sort of nuclear weapons development.
As to the sourcing, it could be some mid-level intelligence professionals, or some politically appointed yahoo like John Bolton.
I may have been wrong in my previous assessment that it was not a nuclear facility, but as the sources could for the ABC story could be political appointees, I still lean against it being a nuclear facility.
Simply put, Syria does not have the infrastructure to even begin any sort of nuclear weapons development.
As to the sourcing, it could be some mid-level intelligence professionals, or some politically appointed yahoo like John Bolton.
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Intelligence
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Israel
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Middle East
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Nuclear Weapons
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