Mark your calendar for -- 2009. It will be a bang-up year for the mullahs!
SKY News reports:
Iran will have enough enriched uranium to make a single nuclear weapon later this year, the prestigious International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) predicts.
The think tank's Mark Fitzpatrick made the announcement at today's launch of its annual global review of military powers.
"During 2009, Iran will probably reach the point at which it has produced the amount of low-enriched uranium needed to make a nuclear bomb," he said.
"But being able to enrich uranium is not the same as having a nuclear weapon."
However, the survey reports doubts over US Intelligence estimates that Iran halted its work on nuclear weapons six years ago.
This points to Tehran's continued development of long-range ballistic missiles able to reach targets in Israel and beyond.
The IISS recommends a mixture of carrot and stick as the best international response.
It's not as if we didn't see it coming. This is the same Iran who's lawmakers chanted "Death to America!" on the day they voted to resume uranium enrichment -- years ago.
And the latest recommendation? "Try the carrot and the stick."
Yeah, the same carrot and stick that have been tried by the U.S., the European Union, and the U.N. for the last four years.
Here's the deal: If you want to get anywhere in dealing with terorrists and tyrants who threaten their neighbors, you can't just walk softly. You have to actually carry the big stick and use it occasionally.
Barack Obama has thus far offered no reason to hope that he will show any backbone whatsoever in dealing with Iran.
If matters continue as they are, upcoming developments will be . . . explosive.
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