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Except in this particular case, the "someone" is Iran itself. (Or, I should say, the Iranian government. Referring to a nation's government by the name of that
by hugh 18y ago
Except in this particular case, the "someone" is Iran itself.
(Or, I should say, the Iranian government. Referring to a nation's government by the name of that nation is a habit we need to get out of, especially in cases like this where the government and the people's interests seem to be largely unaligned.)
- bilbo0s 18y agoThese pictures came from a news agency, not directly from the Iranian government. As to the question of the occurrence of a new round of testing at all, American military intelligence is looking on that rumor dubiously. Russian intelligence is flatly denying it, saying what happened has been mis-characterized. And even the Europeans are only giving tepid support to that allegation. Frankly if American military intelligence thinks it didn't happen then that's good enough for me. But some people need to hear it from multiple quarters. A good question would be . . . Why American and Russian intelligence thinks that what happened has been 'mis-characterized'? Who 'mis-characterized' it? And most importantly . . . To what end?