I guess the President had a good reason to list Iran as part of the Axis of Evil after all. Will the Left now demand immediate action against Iran, since the "lack of evidence" about Iraq's nuclear program is cited as having invalidating our justification for acting there? Not a chance -- no more than in North Korea. Only talk; no action.
It's a good thing to have 200,000 troops in the region.
After more than a decade of working behind layers of front companies and in hidden laboratories, Iran appears to be in the late stages of developing the capacity to build a nuclear bomb.Posted by Alan at August 4, 2003 12:16 PMIran insists that like many countries it is only building commercial nuclear reactors to generate electricity for homes and factories.
But a three-month investigation by the Los Angeles Times -drawing on previously secret reports, international officials, independent experts, Iranian exiles and intelligence sources in Europe and the Middle East -- uncovered strong evidence that Iran's commercial program masks a plan to become the world's next nuclear power.
The country has been engaged in a pattern of clandestine activity that has concealed weapons work from international inspectors. Technology and scientists from Russia, China, North Korea and Pakistan have propelled Iran's nuclear program much closer to producing a bomb than Iraq ever was.
No one is certain when Iran might produce its first atomic weapon. Some experts said two or three years; others think the government has probably not given a final go-ahead. But it is clear that Iran is moving purposefully and rapidly toward acquiring the capability.
via The Ledger (Lakeland, FL)