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President George W. Bush has warned that "World War III" could be the consequence of Iran gaining the know-how to make nuclear weapons. Vice President Dick Cheney recently declared that Washington would "not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon," and that Iran would face "serious consequences" if it refuses to stop enriching uranium. But the U.S. military, at least in the short term, appears to be pushing in the other direction...
...leaves, it's worth nothing that Bush - who tossed out his "Word War III" warning only three weeks ago - didn't mention military options when discussing Iran at a joint press conference with French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday. "The idea of Iran having a nuclear weapon is dangerous," he said. "Therefore, now is the time for us to work together to diplomatically solve this problem...
...country now has 3,000 uranium-enriching centrifuges at Natanz churning out highly enriched uranium that he says will be used to generate electrical power. But Washington and its allies fear that Iran's enrichment capability will be used to create fissile material for nuclear bombs. So, the U.S. continues to hedge its bets. After all, while it released two of the five Iranians captured in Irbil, three remain in custody...
There was a time when Washington could call up Islamabad and order a jihad on the Red Army occupying Afghanistan - and Islamabad would salute. Islamabad was our loyal ally in the Cold War. Granted, no one in Washington was happy when Pakistan started developing a nuclear bomb in the '70s. Or when it finally tested one in May 1998. But still, we slept nights knowing that Pakistan's pro-American, Western-trained generals, our generals, had their fingers on the trigger...
...Iranian friend tried to make the case that we would be better off with Tehran having a nuclear bomb than Pakistan's generals. Small comfort to Washington and Tel Aviv, but he was on to something...