[quote=sunnyside;451842]They'll throw up their hands and say, "whoops, fooled us!"/QUOTE]

Well, it's not quite so simple as that.

If Iran turned out to be developing weapons, Russia and China have a vested interest in doing more than sanctions.

Moreover, the opinion of our new friend reflects the case made to the Iranian people.

While a large majority of Iran clearly supports a nuclear energy program, it remains unclear how many would support a weapons program.


I guess my whole point here is this: we're half a dozen steps from Iran being a nuclear power.

The latest NIE claims that at the earliest it'll be 7 years before they could develop weapons materials, and that's only if they restarted a test program that was stopped in 2003.

Iran needs to be monitored, and shouldn't be given the benefit of the doubt.

I simply think our most imminent threat is from al qaeda.