[Cincinatus' Wife]

Tehran "is continuing its uranium enrichment program despite demands by the International Atomic Energy Agency to the contrary," he said.

Demands don't work.

[risk]

Yes, demands do not work. The Iranian mullahs and the Saudi sheikhs know we're tied up and spread too thinly. It's a race between our unwillingness to go nuclear, and their fanatic belief that Allah is on their side.

This is how the Axis works: they all move at once, and they think we won't respond en masse. We absolutely must prove them wrong. One massive application of nuclear force now will serve as a warning to all those who doubt our determination not to have any further WMD proliferation.