Iran resumes nuke program
Looks like Iran is getting busy on their nukes again:

Iran has broken the U.N. nuclear watchdog's seals on centrifuge equipment and resumed building the devices, which are key to making nuclear weapons, in a show of defiance against international efforts to monitor its program, diplomats said Tuesday.

So what is the U.N. going to do about this?  Apparently not much.  In fact, they are urging the world to assess the situation cautiously:

The diplomats cautioned against equating Iran's move with the removal of IAEA seals on nuclear equipment by North Korea two years ago as it expelled agency inspectors and declared itself no longer bound by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

The agency was informed of Iran's decision to break the seals, which — unlike in North Korea — "were not a legal requirement" on the part of Tehran, one of the diplomats told The Associated Press.

Iran still was respecting its pledge not to resume nuclear enrichment, which can be used to generate power or make warheads, said the diplomat, who is familiar with Tehran's nuclear dossier.

God forbid, we wouldn't want to jump to any conclusions about all of Iran's suspicious activities.  We can't say with absolute certainty what Iran's intent is.  After all, the evidence showed Saddam was actively stockpiling massive quantities of WMD, and yet that turned out not to be true.

Apparently the new rule of thumb is that insane, murderous dictators and dictatorships must be given total benefit of doubt.  But is this really a good national defense policy?  Democrats seem to think so -- given the recriminations on the Left after the intelligence failures with regard to Iraq, this does seem to be their unstated defense policy. 

So if John Kerry is elected, are we going to sit our on hands and debate nuances while Iran builds bombs?  For my money, I'll take a president who looks at the evidence at hand, and acts to defend the United States when necessary.



- posted by The Dutchman @ 7:42:00 AM