Friday, April 11, 2008

An article about Bush's failure to stop the Iranian Nuclear Program

Charles Krauthammer's article clearly shows the failure of the US policy, directed by the Bush administration, of deferring to the UN, the EU and leftist Democrat party. Iran has made stunning gains towards achieving nuclear weapons. This failure will have profound repercussions on the power structure of the Mideast.

On Tuesday, Iran announced it was installing 6,000 more centrifuges -- they produce enriched uranium, the key ingredient of a nuclear weapon -- in addition to the 3,000 already operating. The world yawned.

It is time to admit the truth: The Bush administration's attempt to halt Iran's nuclear program has failed. Utterly. The latest round of U.N. Security Council sanctions, which took a year to achieve, is comically weak. It represents the end of the sanctions road.

Clear evidence has also been found regarding Iran's development of a ballistic missile capable of reaching European targets.

The secret site where Iran is suspected of developing long-range ballistic missiles capable of reaching targets in Europe has been uncovered by new satellite photographs.

The imagery has pinpointed the facility from where the Iranians launched their Kavoshgar 1 “research rocket” on February 4, claiming that it was in connection with their space programme.

Analysis of the photographs taken by the Digital Globe QuickBird satellite four days after the launch has revealed a number of intriguing features that indicate to experts that it is the same site where Iran is focusing its efforts on developing a ballistic missile with a range of about 6,000km (4,000 miles).

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