"Iran will immediately retaliate if referred to the U.N. Security Council next week by forging ahead with developing a full-scale uranium enrichment program, Tehran's senior envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday."
This is precisely the kind of logic that will get Iran kicked off. Instead of playing coy and buying for time with Russia and China as his toothless goon supporters, this idiot is going way, way out on a limb. Last I checked, this sort of strategery works occasionally against kids bigger than you in school who never have to actually fight anyone, but I DO NOT think it's going to work against the United States. I don't care how "over-extended" this guy's Islamic fanatic advisors tell him we are, if we don't do it ourselves, Israel will have no choice. After all, would you want someone who publicly claims you need to be wiped off the map having a nuclear weapon? The Israelis have been pretty silent on this issue thus far. One could read into that whatever they wish. I don't think it's because of Sharon's health and the lack of a bona fide Prime Minister. I think it's because they are in the nuts and bolts stage of planning a pre-emptive strike and then preparing for whatever WMD counter-attack might come from Hamas. That could also be why the US has said relatively little on the subject as well. Given Cheney's involvement in the middle east during the first Gulf War, I'll bet he is heavily involved right now trying to figure out exactly what role the US and Europe will play in this and what role the Israelis will play. That's my guess.
Why don't someone just flat out ask Iran this.....
With easy access to oil reserves why are you demanding the use of nuclear power.
Just a Texan thinking out loud.
true, the silence speaks a lot, though it is also fair that the administration sees it is bad press to say 'bad iran' over and over and over and over...until there is something tangible to add to that.