And they have some idea what they're doing
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 1:12AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett

ARTICLE: U.S. Says Iran Could Expedite Nuclear Bomb, By DAVID E. SANGER, New York Times, September 9, 2009

Same old, same old.

Iran is suspected of having fast break-out routes in place, thus Israel wants us to strike on its behalf--now. Obama is said to have a delusional belief in diplomacy, or maybe he sees no reason to do Israel's bidding right now since the end result will be Iran simply redoubling its efforts. Why not let Israel make that pointless effort and suffer the consequences vice his administration? Especially since Netanyahu will do nothing vis-a-vis Palestine in the meantime?

But the key point is buried in the text: Iran has workarounds in place. They're not stupid.

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