The constant flurry of allegations about Iran’s putative nuclear weapons always runs into a wall when the hawks pushing the case for war are asked to prove it. Today, the Associated Press and the redoubtable George Jahn had somebody get out a sketchpad and draw us up some “evidence.”
So all news today on Iran focuses on a drawing, provided by an unknown person who had talked to someone who had totally seen something inside Iran’s Parchin military base. The drawing, computer aided in its design but far from photo-realistic, is of an explosives containment chamber.
It’s the sort of drawing one could come up with by doing a simple Google search and looking at photographs of actual, real explosives containment chambers. The drawing shows a cylinder and a cube with a yellow pipe attached to it.
It seems as though we’re talking about someone’s art school project, but an unnamed official from the unnamed country that provided the drawing said it “proves the structure exists.” The same apparently cannot be said of Superman or Batman, despite a plethora of much more detailed drawings of the two.
"Hero in Error, call your office…"
Not to mention the drawings of the Taliban 'Bat-caves' that had been constructed inside Tora Bora in Afghanistan; and which most of us have probably forgotten by now.
I remember those Mick, hilarious really. Let me see if I can dig up one or two.
The drawing is proof that the US media thinks that US citizen's intelligence is the same as a three year olds; that is a bit too optimistic in my opinion.
Elementary, my dear Watson. We can't let that die by any means what with all the itching in Isreal and Wall Street. No good opportunity can ever go to waste when it comes to fearmongering and rallying up the sheep for more war.
Mr Ditz, I loved your last paragraph. Thank you. I hadn't laughed so hard for a right smart spell.