With the nation expected to announce its decision on a UN draft deal in the next few days, the rhetoric for action against Iran continues to fly fast and furious, with Western diplomats cautioning that Iran would need “18 months” to produce a nuclear bomb.
As is so often the case with such comments, the reality behind them shows what is being called a “worst case scenario” is misleading, indeed extremely so.
The claim is based on the assumption that Iran could enrich enough weapons grade uranium in 6 months and could figure out how to turn it into a weapon in another 12 months.
Both assumptions are likely extremely optimistic (or pessimistic depending on ones view). Iran has only been enriching uranium to 3.5% and its enrichment capacity is so limited that it is seeking to trade that for 19.75% enriched uranium, which is still far, far short of weapons-grade. If Iran was capable of enriching virtually its entire stockpile to weapons-grade levels in 6 months for a bomb, it would have the capacity to produce all that 19.75% uranium itself in short order.
The more important reality, however, is that this 18 month clock, even if it was accurate, hasn’t started ticking yet. Iran’s enrichment program is under constant IAEA surveillance, and Iran couldn’t even begin this mad dash for a single bomb without expelling the IAEA, which would give a clear indication of its intentions.
The only country worried about this non-existent nuclear bomb "threat" from Iran is Israel – everyone else who is currently bitching about it is simply on the payroll. We are on the verge of a catastrophe because of the paranoia and megalomania of one tiny, hypocritical country armed to the teeth with nukes that demands every other country in the region be forced to remain in the stone age.
I couldn't agree more.
Every report that comes out of the MSM is always IRAN TRYING TO MAKE THE BOMB. Iran is not trying to make any N-Bombs. THEY HAVE THE BOMBS. Why make it when you can buy them? So get use to it…..is real.
It is amazing to me how the media will go to extremes to accuse Iran of planning to have a bomb in a few months based on the flimsy guesswork of parties that have been proven to play "fast and loose" with their words and providing NO EVIDENCE to support their position. This kind of fear-mongering is doing nothing to inform or alert the public, other than confuse them. Maybe that's the objective.
The Reuters article is written by Louis Charbonneau. He's been at it, for the past six years. George Jahn, Elain Sociolino, and this Charbonneau punk eat and sleep "Iranian Nuclear Weapons".
As long as the Israeli lobby is controling our political prostitutes(congress) our government takes order from the Israeli government,and sacrifises the American national interest for the Israel.It is about time to say enough is enough and free America from the Israeli control.