Those who were too young or too busy to follow world events
between the years 2001 and 2003, but then started to wonder how it happened
that America made the
horrible mistake of invading Iraq ,
have the opportunity to see what amounts to a rerun of that play's opening
scene.
Then as now, the mob of Jewish pundits highjacked the debate
on the Middle East and monopolized it, having
silenced everyone else who might have been interested in the subject. The mob
appointed itself sole authority on Middle Eastern affairs, and proceeded to
pour into the public domain, tons of printed and electronic material; all of it
meant to stand as evidence that Iraq
had a robust and ongoing nuclear program.
Every piece of that material was meticulously crafted to
show in one way or another that Saddam Hussein's agents were scouring Europe
where they bought all sorts of equipment, of finished and semi-finished
products, and of raw material – all of which were meant to be used in Iraq 's nuclear
weapons program. And of course, it turned out that this whole production was
nothing more than a massive conspiratorial hoax which cost America dearly, and visited untold horrors on
the people of the Levant .
A decade and a half later, we see a replay of that same
dishonest production, except that the name of the villain was changed from Iraq to Iran . The author of the replay is
Benjamin Weinthal of the comical troop calling itself 'Foundation for Defense
of Democracies,' who wrote “Iran Still on the Hunt for Nuclear Weapons
Technology Across Germany,” an article that was published on July 7, 2017 in
the Weekly Standard.
Now as then, Weinthal makes use of reports prepared by
obscure German authors, and translated into English by unnamed wonks, to conclude
that Iran is cheating on the
nuclear weapons deal of 2015 which it signed with the world, including the United States of America .
Weinthal takes advantage of the confusion that's created in
the minds of readers when they try to differentiate between products that are
made for use in prohibited military applications, and products that can be used
in the permissible as well as the prohibited applications. But get this, my
friend, it has often been pointed out that ordinary nuts and bolts can be used
in both applications, yet suspicion is never stirred that buyers of nuts and
bolts could be producing nuclear weapons. Weinthal also neglects to tell that
not everything nuclear is prohibited under the 2015 deal, but makes it sound
that anything nuclear that's bought by Iran , violates the deal.
Here is how Weinthal takes advantage of all that to confuse
the readers:
“Startling new evidence that shows Iran is working to advance its
nuclear weapons program despite the 2015 deal. A report holds that Iran sought
missile technology. On the proliferation of atomic, biological and chemical
weapons, a second report from Baden-Wurttemberg states: 'countries like Iran , Pakistan
and North Korea
are making efforts to optimize technology.' Iran 's activities are cited 49
times, and range from cyberwarfare to espionage to support for Hezbollah. The
report provides detail on Iran 's
development of ballistic missiles with the aid of a Chinese company. A third
report says that German companies were contacted for procurement by Pakistan , North
Korea and Iran .
They involve goods subject to approval on account of restrictions and UN
embargoes”.
Look now how all of that is contradicted by Weinthal himself
as if to demonstrate the length to which he has gone to insult the intelligence
of his readers. This reality comes to light when he admits that the German
intelligence agency – the only legitimate agency – issued a report just last
week; one that does not mention the earlier reports, but gives Iran a sweeping
certificate of innocence. Here is what Weinthal has written:
“Germany 's
federal intelligence agency – the equivalent of the FBI – published its report
just last week and did not cite Iran 's
activity in Baden-Wurttemberg. The federal document reports that the amount of
evidence found for attempts by Iran
to acquire material not covered by the nuclear deal, remained about the same.
The report did find significantly less evidence of Iranian attempts to acquire
material for its nuclear program. The evidence did not reveal any violation of
the nuclear deal”.