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But Iran hawks have never felt constrained by U.S. intelligence when making apocalyptic predictions about an Iranian mushroom cloud. For them, the clock is always ticking, and Iran is always a year — or less! — from a usable nuclear weapon. As the Forward noted last month, the nuclear timetable seems to get reset with every passing year. In 1995, the deadline was 2000. In 2004, it was 2006. In 2006, 2007. And in 2009, evidently, the bomb is coming in 2010. All this despite Blair’s recent testimony (PDF) to Congress, the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate (PDF) stating that Iran had ceased its weapons program in 2003, and Mossad chief Meir Dagan’s own testimony to the Knesset estimating 2014 as the date for an Iranian nuclear weapon.