What Is The United States To Do?
As the world continues to bury its collective head in the sand, Iran moves forward on developing a nuclear 
weapon, as well as the means to deliver it. Talk, threats and rhetoric do not work with this regime that will, in an undetermined amount of time, be in a position to hold the world hostage. We can continue to meander, looking for the cover that other countries being on board would provide us with, all the while sealing the fate of the middle east and by extension the rest of the world. Or, we can make whatever difficult decisions need to be made to deal with this incredibly serious problem, a coalition of "willing" partners be damned.
The News Out Of Iran Gets Progressively Worse
What does it mean when the IAEA comes out with a statement that Iran is conducting secret research to develop a warhead capable of delivering a nuclear device? This on top of the news that within days of resuming uranium enrichment they had progressed to the 20% point, on the way to the 90% level needed for a nuclear weapon.
Coming from the IAEA which typically does not ring the warning bell, this news is very bad. It is an indication that rhetoric, sanctions and diplomacy will not deter this country from achieving the weapons that it wants, with the potential to then use them to do what it's leader has stated that it wants to do, which is to eliminate Israel from the face of the earth.
Excerpts of Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton on Fox News:
"Well, the most amazing thing is this is not new news. The IAEA report, their conclusions, is new and important because now the IAEA is more concerned about Iran than the American intelligence community. But the basic facts that underlie this report were known to the U.S. government five or six years ago and provided to the IAEA some years later. The point being that our decision makers for a long time have known this and not acted on it effectively."
"...They're closer and closer to a nuclear weapons capability. It's further evidence that the most likely outcome is that they will get nuclear weapons. But as I say, a lot of this was known to the U.S. It was classified. But one thing that was public in September of 2004, Jonathan Karl of ABC News reported on the work being done at the Parchen (ph) armor facility in Iran to shape high-explosive charges for a nuclear weapon. That was a year after our intelligence community believed that Iran had stopped its weaponization efforts."
"... I think they're very close in Iran to getting a deliverable nuclear weapon. I'd emphasize again there's much in Iran that we don't know. That shouldn't make us feel better. What we don't know probably takes them closer to that capability.
One reason that Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel was in Moscow this week was to try and persuade the Russians of the seriousness of the situation and to have the Russians continue to withhold delivery of sophisticated new air defenses that the Iranians need."
"...It doesn't end with Iran. If they get nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, other countries will, as well."
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