could have enough material for a nuclear bomb by 2009. In the last three months, has more than tripled its ability to produce enriched uranium. The increased production is taking place at 's nuclear enrichment plant outside the city of Natanz, in a hardened facility 70 feet underground.
"If they continue at this pace, and they get the centrifuges to work and actually enrich uranium on a distinct basis," said David Albright of the Institute for Science and International Security, "then you're looking at them having, potentially having enough highly enriched uranium for a nuclear weapon in 2009."is expanding its enrichment program at a pace much faster than U.S. intelligence experts had predicted. U.S. intelligence had estimated 2015 as the earliest date could develop a weapon.
Few took ian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seriously when he predicted his country would have 3,000 centrifuges installed by this May. Now Mr. Albright is surprised:
"I think we have all been caught off guard. Ahmadinejad said they would have these 3,000 installed by the end of May, and it appears they may actually do it," Albright said.He shouldn't be. It's well past the time when the world should take at its word. Ahmadinejad has said time and time again that there is nothing anyone can do to stop 's nuclear ambitions.
Thanks in large measure to Russian and Chinese support for , United Nations sanctions and Security Council condemnations have little chance of deterring the Mullahocracy from nuclear ambitions.
's defiance of the world's efforts to thwart the ian Mullahs' nuclear ambitions, coupled with 's stubborn pursuit of its nuclear program leaves us a stark choice. To continue to dither on and accept a nuclear armed or to do something that will actually prevent a nuclear armed .
Senator John McCain sums it up well, "There is only one thing worse than the United States exercising a military option and that is a nuclear-armed ."
After all of Ahmadinejad's Hitler-like comments calling for Israel's destruction, can be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons?
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