Ann Coulter's latest column on her blog is worth noting.  Not much embellishment needed here.  One thing that jumps out at us though that the ever snarky and delightfully sarcastic Ann doesn't point out directly:  The people she takes to task for relying on a leaked National Intelligence Estimate which laughably claimed Iran ceased it's nuke arms program in 2003...these same people also took President George Bush to task for relying on basically the same intel community in his fateful decision to take out Iraq's resident despot.  At the time, the intelligence community was telling President Bush that Iraq was actively pursuing weapons of mass destruction.  How entirely ironic, that the intel folks got it completely wrong in Iraq (dissenters within the agencies duly noted), which didn't have an active nuclear program.  And the intel folks got it completely wrong again - Iran not only had an active program, it was accelerating it.  Ann's observations imply the intel community, and the leftist media types who latched on to their incorrect N.I.E. were the only ones "shocked" by Iran proclaiming to be a nuclear power.

While Ann has a point about the decimated intel ops at the CIA, we do pause to note that the covert war in Afghanistan to topple the Taliban was one of the CIA's finest hours.  It means there is still hope for the future, if we can all survive the Obama Administration and rebuild.

 Iraq actively working on nukes?  Intel says:  Yes.  Reality:  No   
 Iran actively working on nukes?  Intel says:   No.  Reality:  Yes

Let's put it this way:  If Bush "lied" about Iraq, Olbermann (et al) "lied" about Iran.