Video: IAEA head Mohammed ElBaradei spins for the mullahs
posted at 3:18 pm on October 29, 2007 by Bryan
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On CNN’s Late Edition Sunday, Wolf Blitzer asked IAEA head Mohammed ElBaradei a straightforward question: Do you believe there is a clandestine, secret, nuclear weapons program right now under war in Iran? What he got in answer was spin worthy of James Carville. “No hard evidence, but Iran has conducted weaponization studies, etc etc.” The UN’s nuclear watchdog is spinning for Ahmadinejad while calling Westerners who advocate a forceful response to Iran’s provocations “the new crazies.”
Why would Iran conduct studies of nuclear weaponization, if it’s not in the process of building a nuclear weapon?
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He also said something outrageous about Syria’s nuclear program:
JiangxiDad on October 29, 2007 at 3:34 PM
They need the research for self-defense from rapid Western imperial aggression, duh! Didn’t you know the only reason the US is really in Iraq was not for Iraqi oil, but for Iranian oil! It’s all so clear now.
Seriously, ElBaradei being on the watch is like a real life Airplane-esque spoof of international affairs. But who am I to argue with a Nobel Prize winner (who incidentally has done nothing for which the award was given for)? I would have taken the prize for my efforts in monitoring and deterring nuclear arms… I’ve done as much and I would have agreed to a fraction of the money given out.
Wineaholic on October 29, 2007 at 3:39 PM
I asked it before, and I’ll ask it again. Can someone cite any example of an international agency responding favorably to a concern expressed by the State of Israel — much less acting on the concern?
aunursa on October 29, 2007 at 3:43 PM
Nuke site go bye-bye. Welcome to Problem Solving 101.
Also known as The Israeli Solution, this shoot first ask questions later scenario has kept Israel from turning into an ash heap for well over 25 years now.
fogw on October 29, 2007 at 3:46 PM
Anybody who thinks this man believes a WORD he’s saying, stand on their head.
Why do so many ding-a-lings in America still want to follow the edicts of the UN?
I just don’t get it.
Dr. Gecko on October 29, 2007 at 3:48 PM
Well I won’t even watch it. Let me guess…
He’s from the UN, so he’ll do or say anything to avoid a military conflict. Sadly, that approach too often leads to conflagration. At least these guys don’t go into medicine. Do you want to excise the cancer early or wait and amputate later?
trubble on October 29, 2007 at 3:53 PM
Actually, I think there’s a strong chance he believes what he’s saying- he’s simply delusional; a bureaucrat who believes every conflict can be solved through the bureaucratic process- if only we give the bureaucrats enough time, money and power.
Hollowpoint on October 29, 2007 at 3:54 PM
Couldn’t agree more.
JustTruth101 on October 29, 2007 at 4:03 PM
ElBaradei is the poster boy for all that is wrong with the United Nations: Corrupt, dishonest, anti-Israel (in an organization that claims to be above that sort of thing)….. GWB was right in trying to get rid of the man.
When Iran announces that it is now a nuclear power, this deceitful man will be the first to express shock that the program was kept secret from the world. Of course, it’s always been hard to tell whether or not the man is pro-terrorist or not so this myopia could be intentional so that Iran has the time it needs to finish the bomb.
highhopes on October 29, 2007 at 4:09 PM
Israel: yea, so Syria has a nuke site right here.
IAEA: OK. We’ll ask the Syrians about it.
Israel: No. You can’t just go tell them about it. They’ll deny it. Then they’ll dismantle it. Then they’ll cover it up.
IAEA: Syria is head of the UN WMD authority. We have to notify them.
Israel: See the problem.
*bombs away*
gabriel sutherland on October 29, 2007 at 4:21 PM
Actually it is the only one that lead to a solution, boom, problem solved.
Kahuna on October 29, 2007 at 4:21 PM
He and the IAEA are useless.
CP on October 29, 2007 at 4:34 PM
This is the same idiot who threw a hissy fit over Israel bombing Syria’s nuke plant because the didn’t follow his “process”. His “process” is going to lead the world straight to a nuclear-armed Islamist state.
flipflop on October 29, 2007 at 5:07 PM
Another question for Mo: why is Iran in such a rush to enrich fuel, when it has no nuclear power plants in which to use it?
Karl on October 29, 2007 at 6:28 PM
Right round baby right round.
BadgerHawk on October 29, 2007 at 6:48 PM
Who needs that body language lady, even I can tell he is lying through his teeth. In fact so is that little bearded propagandist!
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New Crazies = Sane People who do not have their head up their a$$
abinitioadinfinitum on October 29, 2007 at 6:52 PM
Notice he says he has “not recieved evidence”. He has no grasp of the idea that his agency is tasked with actually accomplishing something in the real world (non-proliferation) and the failure of his agency could lead to death and war in the real world. To these people at the U.N. it is just a burecratic problem. If only someone would submit the proper paperwork this whole problem would go away.
Resolute on October 29, 2007 at 6:56 PM
The speech I want to hear President Bush give:
“Iran will not be allowed to have nuclear weapons. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Right now we are committed to doing it the hard way, because I believe in giving the hard way a chance. But, if Iran desires, we can do this the easy way. With the easy way, we can solve this dilemma in 72 hours.” (Big grin) “Just ask Damascus.”
Lancer on October 29, 2007 at 7:00 PM
I saw a similar story about comments from ElBaradei on Digg. I made the mistake of reading some of the comments on the Digg page. It is shocking how much faith that Diggers are putting in the IAEA. Every commenter who even hinted that this guys was not on the level was buried. And the symptoms of BDS are everywhere. They’re willing to eat up the crap this guys is putting out as long as it means they can brow beat this “Bush lied, people died” whatever agenda.
What proof do they demand of an Iranian nuclear weapons program? Do they have to see the bomb in a military parade in front of the Ayatollah? Do we have to see a mushroom cloud over Tel Aviv?
It’s amazing to see how deep people have buried their heads that they can’t see that President Bush is trying to put in an ounce of prevention to prevent “kilo-tons” of cure.
sweetlipsbutterhoney on October 29, 2007 at 7:34 PM
Is he an apostate or a deeply sincere slave of Allah? Or is that to outrageously unPC to ask?
BL@KBIRD on October 29, 2007 at 7:39 PM
Go to the UN? Why? So they can do nothing?
Gatordoug on October 29, 2007 at 8:42 PM
The frickin’ guys name is Mohamed. Why is a sleeper incharge of squat.
TheSitRep on October 29, 2007 at 9:12 PM
The speech I want to hear President Bush give:
TheSitRep on October 29, 2007 at 9:14 PM
TheSitRep,
Well, that would shorten the solution by about 71 hours and 30 minutes.
Lancer on October 29, 2007 at 9:48 PM
Why are people from oppressive authoritarian nations in positions of power in the UN and why the hell is the United States still part of that joke? Can anyone tell me?
peacenprosperity on October 29, 2007 at 11:00 PM
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