A whopping 71 percent of Americans believe that Iran currently has
nuclear weapons, according to a recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation
survey.
More than six in ten think the U.S. should take economic and
diplomatic efforts to get Iran to shut down their nuclear program, with
only a quarter calling for immediate military action.
I like this part: “with only a quarter calling for immediate
military action.” I probably would have written something like, “HOLY
SHIT! DID YOU HEAR 25 PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY WANTS TO BOMB IRAN RIGHT
NOW??” But whatever. Blasé works too, I guess.
In reality, Iran doesn’t have The Bomb. They have a small amount of
refined uranium (19.5%, cutely rounded up to 20% by NRO’s Mark Steyn),
which is allowed under the treaty that they have signed. This is the
refinement level for use in medical facilities and supplying
electricity. There is little evidence they’re working on a nuclear
warhead, which would require a much higher level of refinement, and the
so-called evidence that exists is highly speculative. Additionally,
their supreme leader/commander-in-chief continues to decry nukes as
illegal in Islamic law.
Juan Cole reports that the IAEA is at least allowing for the
possibility that documents allegedly found on a laptop some years ago
–but discounted by the CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency as being … >>>
