I’ve been saying for a long time, following the most recent revelation of a secret Iranian enrichment facility at Qum, that the Iranians had to have at least one more secret nuclear facility; that being a uraniam conversion site to clandestinely supply the now not-so-secret enrichment facility at Qum. But from the Dangerroom at Wired comes the news that the IAEA has finally admitted that the current regime in Iran has a “credibility problem”:
According to the Iranians, funds were allocated to launch the project in the second half of 2007 — but the Islamic Republic did not notify the agency about the facility’s existence until September 2009. That delayed declaration, the IAEA politely noted, “reduces the level of confidence in the absence of other nuclear facilities under construction and gives rise to questions about whether there were any other nuclear facilities not declared to the agency,†the report said.
In other words, a pattern of secrecy persists when it comes to Iran’s nuclear ambitions. And unless Tehran shifts gears, “the Agency will not be in a position to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran.â€
Well no foolin’ Sherlock effin’ Holmes! That’s only what reasonable people have been saying for a long time. And so it seems, that regardless of Obama’s charismatic majesterium and divine countenance, the same tired ultimatum we’ve issued, oh say a zillion times before, is working about as well as it always has. Must be more of that Change! we can believe in…
Indeed, based on the self-evident muscularity pusillanimity of the President’s foreign policy, Ahmadi-Nejad has responded as any schoolyard Napolean-complex bully would when faced with a larger, but cowardly, opponent; he’s declared that we better not tell him to stop again, or he’ll simply redouble his efforts!
Ah yes, that Smart Power!, yielding dividends again…
Let’s hope that work is moving right along on the new modified-for-B-2-use MOP.
(H/T AllahPundit at Hot Air)
No way!!!
I, for one, well two I guess after Cowboy… I am completely floored by this news.
Hey, you know, as long as there isn’t “too much” collateral damage from the operational tests on ______, it’s OK, right?
there’s that! but really, as long as the Arab Street is okay with it…