Iran’s covert facility

It’s rather hard to convince other countries to keep their hands off uranium, nuclear power and weather machines capable of destroying the world.

As we’re one of the countries sitting aloft on our empire partly developed by nuclear technology, it comes off a bit hypocritical to say to another country: “You can’t have nice things. Now watch us create the Incredible Hulk with our gamma technology.”

Recently President Obama, along with the French and British governments, spoke against Iran about a previously undisclosed uranium enrichment facility located there.
Demands were made for Iran to meet international law under the threat of harsher sanctions.

While the prospect of a nuclear Iran certainly sends shivers down our spine, the situation is manageable. Iran is first and foremost vying for political clout.

Their secret uranium enrichment facility has proven to the U.S. and others that we cannot control them. The recent firing of missiles on Sunday further underscored their point: You are not our boss.

All that has been proven by the realization of the second uranium enrichment facility is that Iran has been dishonest about its intentions for its nuclear program - something that most people highly suspected from the start.

Even if Iran was to gain possession of a nuclear weapon, the likelihood of them using it is virtually nonexistent. The entire country would be decimated by our own military before Ahmadinejad could utter, “Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation’s fury.”

What Iran really wants is a bargaining chip – not a nuclear war. Ahmadinejad has agreed to allow nuclear inspectors into his country to investigate the new enrichment site.

Even Israel seems content to allow the Obama administration to handle negotiations, which has threatened painful sanctions if talks don’t go according to plan.

While the revelation of Iran’s second enrichment plant is less than ideal, the problem is certainly manageable. Moreover, we think the Obama administration has thus far pursued a reasonable and hopefully successful solution.