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April 11, 2006
Islamic Republic of Iran: Unbalanced President Celebrates "Nuclear Club" Entry
Some days, reality mocks fiction for its lack of imagination. Take today in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Iran declares: we are in the nuclear club
ran announced a technological breakthrough yesterday that could lead to the development of a nuclear bomb, in a move that appeared to catch the west off guard.Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's hardline president, trumpeted the development in a speech last night. "Dear Iran has joined the club of nuclear countries," he said in the holy city of Mashhad.
Addressing an invited audience of clerics, military figures and dignitaries, Mr Ahmadinejad made an unabashed appeal to national pride: "The nation, under the umbrella of God's grace and through its own efforts, has reached this big achievement. Today is a big day which will be recorded in Iran's history."[...]
Fiction is about to get mocked:
Iranian television broadcast pictures of scientists dancing and waving test tubes apparently marked with chemical symbols. Mr Ahmadinejad, who has threatened to wipe Israel off the map, said the nuclear programme was for purely civilian purposes.
Oh sure, it is fun to laugh at the foibles of the Mad Iranian Mullahs. But, let me assure you, there is nothing odder in the story than the sentence following that paragraph:
The US, Europe and Israel remain sceptical.[...]
Remain skeptical? SKEPTICAL?! What else do you want as proof, a radioactive Tel Aviv? We the West are not a serious civilization anymore; we are nations full of permanent, wide-eyed infants. We go through all this ridiculous dance with the U.N. and Iran, when the truth is there right before our very eyes. As I write this I'm sure, sure, there will be talking heads on television insisting there is no "evidence" of Iranian intentions. And there will be other talking heads in the other side of the ideological spectrum that, even though they know the truth, will still insist on the need to go through the motions with the U.N., in the hope the problem will go away.
I've got news for all of them: Iran wants nukes, and the problem is not going away. And the lack of courage you all show is morally disgusting.
We are not a serious civilization anymore.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at April 11, 2006 9:51 PM
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