Posted on 09/24/2008 4:29:32 AM PDT by NCDragon
Live in the U.S. any length of time, and one thing you soon realize: The country, be that its media or its government, can only focus on one crisis at a time. Right now, that failing is eminently forgivable. Nothing is more pressing than a financial meltdown that unless it is tackled in days -- or a very few weeks at the most -- could lead to the Great Depression of the 21st century.
But amid the turmoil, another crisis has been forgotten. Once it was measured in years, now the critical moment may arrive in months. Does anyone remember a certain country called Iran, and its suspected plan to build a nuclear weapon?
Lehman Brothers and Fannie Mae may have forced Mahmoud Ahmedinejad from the headlines. But Tehran's nuclear program if anything is accelerating. In a report that was swamped by the drama on Wall Street, the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency, the IAEA, last week effectively threw up its hands in despair.
Tehran continues to refuse to answer questions about its past nuclear activities, the IAEA said, even as it was stepping up its production of enriched uranium. Some experts believe that within 12 months Iran may have amassed enough to build a bomb. And what then?
The impasse looks more intractable and perilous than ever. The truculence of Ahmedinejad only grows, as he revels in this period of deepening American weakness. Action at the U.N. is stymied by resistance from Russia and China.
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....c’mon, Obama said Iran isn’t a threat, please.
Obama bin Biden said, “Not to worry, my muslim brothers in Iran are no threat to us.”
Is it just me, or does this “list” seem to be growing exponentially?
You think somebody up there is trying to tell us something?
Just asking.
That’s ok. I’m sure there’s plenty left in the budget to deal with Iran.
But it’s such a small, cute, cuddly little country. Kind of like a smurf.
Absolutely. The birth pangs are becoming more intense.
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