Clarification/Follow-up by ETWolverine on 04/26/06 9:45 pm:
Jack, I have to say that I think your nuclear expert is wrong about this.

Iran already has long range missile systems. They have been working on adapting these missiles to carry a nuclear payload, and according to my sources in Israeli intelligence, they are nearly there. Furthermore, they don't need long-range missiles to reach Israel... they can do it with their medium-range missiles right now.

Iran has already managed to enrich uranium. It is only a matter of time (months by the rekoning of most experts) until they can enrich the uranium to weapons-grade levels.

Iran has some of the USA's old nuclear technology, thanks to a really bad mistake by Clinton, so building the warhead once they have the material won't be hard.

Iran has stated its intent to sell this technology to the Sudanese, and there is no reason to believe that they are lying.

In short, Iran is a nuclear threat TODAY. Ad every day we wait is one more day that they become a BIGGER nuclear threat.

It is not Bush who is courting war here, but rather Ahmadinejad. He is the one set on the path to war, and he is hoping to get the first strike in unopposed. And if we continue sitting on our hands with our thumbs up our butts, he'll manage to do it.

Elliot

Clarification/Follow-up by jackreade on 04/26/06 10:04 pm:
Elliot, I can't recreate his statements, so I can't debate with you. I am convinced that Iran is not a nuclear threat to us or Israel, and won't be for years.

Jack

Clarification/Follow-up by tomder55 on 04/26/06 11:33 pm:
Is the issue here delivery or actaully obtaining a nuclear weapon . They have already tested MIRV rockets with workable range to London (the the Shahab-5 still in development ). Prior to that they already had intemediate range missles(the Shahab-3) capable of hitting Tel Aviv .

As far as how far their nuke program has advanced . Well lets just wait to the IAEA report due out on Friday . It is my understanding that Director General Mohamed ElBaradei is not a happy camper because the Iranians hid from the IAEA that they had obtained workable blue prints of a nuclear bomb from the AQ Khan network . In early March of last year Pakistan acknowledged A. Q. Khan had provided centrifuges to Iran, though it denied having had any knowledge of the transactions.ElBaradei met with the Iranians earlier this month .Ahmadinejad announced that Iran was working on the more efficient P2 version of uranium centrifuges and, to those who are angry at Iran’s clandestine nuclear program, he offered an unveiled, defiant response. “Our answer to those who are angry about Iran obtaining the full nuclear cycle is one phrase. We say, be angry and die of this anger.” It has already been confirmed that they have enriched uranium. If they get enough of those centerfuges whirling then they will be able to enrich their uranium to 90% U-235... then they will have weapons grade material in short order .

This week was Holocaust Remembrance Day .Here is something else to remember . In 1936 Hitler's Germany was not much of a threat .Yet Hitler boldly announced his intentions. Within 3 years he had amassed enough strength to enable him to defeat most of continental Europe. At what point do we need to take Ahmadinejad and his threats seriously ?