While Diplomats Dither, Iran Builds Nukes

Why are we letting this modern day Hitler build nukes? Why have we not turned his nuke building facilities into a parking lot?


While Diplomats Dither,
Iran Builds Nukes
By JOHN R. BOLTON
August 5, 2008

This weekend, yet another "deadline" passed for Iran to indicate it was seriously ready to discuss ending its pursuit of nuclear weapons. Like so many other deadlines during these five years of European-led negotiations, this one died quietly, with Brussels diplomats saying that no one seriously expected any real work on a Saturday.

The fact that the Europeans are right -- this latest deadline is not fundamentally big news -- is precisely the problem with their negotiations, and the Bush administration's acquiescence in that effort.

The rationality of continued Western negotiations with Iran depends critically on two assumptions: that Iran is far enough away from having deliverable nuclear weapons that we don't incur excessive risks by talking; and that by talking we don't materially impede the option to use military force. Implicit in the latter case is the further assumption that the military option is static -- that it remains equally viable a year from now as it is today.

Neither assumption is correct. Can we believe that if diplomacy fails we can still take military action "in time" to prevent Iranian nuclear weapons? "Just in time" nonproliferation assumes a level of intelligence certainty concerning Iran's nuclear program that recent history should manifestly caution us against.

Every day that goes by allows Iran to increase the threat it poses, and the viability of the military option steadily declines over time. There are a number of reasons why this is so.


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I heard they were going to increase the sanctions... yeah right. Like junior hitler ahmadinejad gives a shit about that.

Like I said, he WILL build a bomb. He WILL use the bomb. I just hope he uses his first one on Europe. Sorry Noir... but it'll be a huge wake up call for you guys. Something you should have cared more about when you had the chance. And I like Ireland. My ancestors are more Irish than anything else.

Pale Rider wrote:I heard they were going to increase the sanctions... yeah right. Like junior hitler ahmadinejad gives a shit about that.

Like I said, he WILL build a bomb. He WILL use the bomb. I just hope he uses his first one on Europe. Sorry Noir... but it'll be a huge wake up call for you guys. Something you should have cared more about when you had the chance. And I like Ireland. My ancestors are more Irish than anything else.

and the libs and liberal media will blame Pres Bush