| The combative president of Iran continued to | | | | saying he was for a diplomatic solution, he added, |
| reject a resolution by Western nations that his | | | | There must be consequences for Irans defiance, |
| nation stop its development of the atomic bomb | | | | and we must not allow Iran to develop a nuclear |
| for peaceful purposes, even though, through | | | | weapon. |
| some fluke, inspectors from The International | | | | But hold on just a bit longer, George. The |
| Atomic Energy Agency discovered new traces of | | | | Pentagon has recently estimated that Iran, due to |
| highly enriched uranium at the bully mullah nations | | | | the inherent underachievement of its scientific |
| leading nuclear bomb factory. | | | | prowess, would need another five years to |
| They also discovered traces of the potentially | | | | develop an operational nuke. Many consider this an |
| explosive material as the result of two previous | | | | overestimate. |
| flukes. But the current fluke was even more | | | | Meanwhile, the calculatingly cautious Europeans are |
| worrisome: the new nuke traces did not have the | | | | once again enjoying letting us, in taking the lead |
| same nuclear fingerprints as the previous ones. In | | | | toward a safer and perhaps even saner world, |
| other words, theyre from a different and | | | | continue to enhance our reputation as a reliable |
| curiously troubling source. | | | | and worthy trading partner in the Middle East. Just |
| Of course, the agency is doing its usual | | | | to let us go out on the limb even more they |
| self-examination, saying maybe some of the | | | | announced theyre giving Iran two more weeks to |
| contaminants came from nuclear enrichment | | | | make up its already written-in-The-Stone-Age |
| equipment it bought from sucker providers in | | | | intentions. |
| search of, as Lenin said capitalists would provide, | | | | Defiant even in the face of a visit by the |
| the noose to hang themselves with. | | | | ambassador of large talk and little effect, Kofi |
| The only unequivocal voice continues to be the | | | | Annan, and his vow to address the nuclear issue, |
| US, in particular, the embattled George Bush, who | | | | the kook has vowed to continue work on his |
| is right out front about applying sanctions for | | | | nuke for the greater glory of Allah. |
| Irans uncompromising pursuit of nukes. While | | | | |