Iran stopped its plans to make nukes in 2003. Suck it Bush administration!

A new U.S. intelligence report concludes that Iran's nuclear weapons development program has been halted since the fall of 2003 because of international pressure — a stark contrast to the conclusions U.S. spy agencies drew just two years ago.

The conclusion that Iran's weapons program was still frozen, through at least mid-2007, represents a sharp turnaround from the previous intelligence assessment in 2005. Then, U.S. intelligence agencies believed Tehran was determined to develop a nuclear weapons capability and was continuing its weapons development program. The new report concludes that Iran's decisions are rational and pragmatic, and that Tehran is more susceptible to diplomatic and financial pressure than previously thought.

"Tehran's decision to halt its nuclear weapons program suggests it is less determined to develop nuclear weapons than we have been judging since 2005," says the unclassified summary of the secret report.

The findings come at a time of escalating tensions between the United States and Iran, which President Bush has labeled part of an "axis of evil," along with Iraq and North Korea. At an Oct. 17 news conference, Bush said, "If you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them (Iran) from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon."

So is that it? Can we finally breathe a sigh of relief that a war with Iran is no longer around the corner?

It seems that after something like this comes out it just deflates the whole idea of an invasion of Iran, but these people are out of their minds! I am just not convinced that reality will have any impact on their decision making process.

But then I think how could they possible convince Congress to go along with it, and would even Israel be willing to do the administration's dirty work? It seems unlikely, but still I have to wonder.