tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post981802172266843123..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: The Hits Keep on Comin'George Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-68449049339372192872012-01-19T11:14:34.209-05:002012-01-19T11:14:34.209-05:00"Still, we haven't heard of any Iranian s..."Still, we haven't heard of any Iranian scientists dropping out of the program,"<br /><br />Maybe they have no option.davodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272330967156237637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-29342344651579687182012-01-19T03:16:59.420-05:002012-01-19T03:16:59.420-05:00While Stuxnet was certainly a masterful touch, it ...While Stuxnet was certainly a masterful touch, it might also be that these killings are the result of an internal Iranian purge of its own personnel suspected of having introduced the virus in the first place or some other infidelity. Blaming the Israelis (or CIA) provides a lot of political gain for the Guardian Council and President.... On the other hand, killing one or two or even three scientists (even top-level experts) hardly seems to be an effective measure against a national nuclear development program employing tens of thousands (not to mention other contributions made by university research facilities and well-paid foreign "contractors").Storms24https://www.blogger.com/profile/14360242925876169578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-90943455249919649712012-01-17T22:19:11.214-05:002012-01-17T22:19:11.214-05:00Whatever Israel can do to discourage individual Ir...Whatever Israel can do to discourage individual Iranians from assisting, willingly or otherwise, in Iran's nuclear weapons efforts is easily countered by Iran's security service and it's ability to coerce them to serve.<br /><br />I don't think Israel would want to target families of protected and sequestered scientists but I have no doubt that Iran would use them to coerce cooperation.<br /><br />This is just a delaying tactic and while I hope the Israelis can keep it up, I think we all know that this is eventually going to reach critical mass. I apologize for that awful pun.tfhrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08056518846851745411noreply@blogger.com