The problem isnt so much that Iran will use these cascades for production of nuclear fuel. Russia has already offered to completely supply all of Irans nuclear fuel needs. The Russian offer does have a catch, The have to return all of the spent fuel.

The fact is Iran doesnt want to do this. Spent fuel from a nuclear reactor is plutonium. The Iranian power plant will produce enough for 20 or 30 nuclear weapons a year when the plant is in full production.

This is why Iran wants to produce its fuel and not let the Russians do it. Its clear the aim is nuclear weapons.

Remember Keven H. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"

Guys,
There would be no need for troops in Iran whatsoever. We dont care about the country itself, just the nuclear sites. A 36 hour bombing campaign and we could be heading back home and not have to worry about them for another 10-15 years.

I second Bill's comment.

Also, I have not/do not agree with the President's actions in the Middle East. However, I recognize he and our leaders have very serious issues to deal with that WILL affect us and the generation to come. For this reason, I hope that their political banter erodes to show unity to resolve the present risk.

It's really this simple... We need to win this war while we still can.
Israel will provide much of the initial airstrikes and the US the intelligence and the weaponry.

The 1300 nuclear centrifuges will hopefully be destroyed in the first couple of strikes and we can start dealing with Iran diplomatically then.
If this does escalate the dem's will most certainly bring back the draft.

In doing so they will merely ensure that in the next war the sacrafice will be spread more equally between patriots and the ungrateful alike.
It will be up to history to decide whose price for freedom was worth more.

Whatever will be will be.
Other than that, no comment.

Iran is a peace-loving country trying to produce its own energy. The whole business about arms in Iraq is a smoke screen. After the lies Bush told the country about weapons of mass destruction, why believe him now? He is a pathological liar.

Just to be clear: They'll need to have about 16,000 cascading centrifuges to be able to make any kind of bomb.

This is not a crisis.

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Neither was hitler in 1938.

The media is doing a wonderful job keeping most americans thinking that Bush and company are working for your interests when in fact your Elite are sacrificing your jobs and welfare to make ever more money and even blocking workers rights in China to do it.
Iran, with one or two bombs would risk anihilation for what?
Why is it that only America and Israel have a right to self -determination and defense?
I used to think in the 70's that America was a force for freedom but I realize now that things are never as simple as they seem.
Good luck to you all as our world crumbles under the strain of collective greed.

Our country is already doomed. It's only 230 years old, and already our citizens have forgotten that the constitution gives war powers to Congress, Congress has abdicated the responsibility, and the President has decided he has the right to make these decisions unilaterally.

The hawks of this country are ready to destroy the system of checks and balances that is supposed to protect our government in order to "defend our country and it's way of life," but is happy to give up our civil rights so the government can catch the occasional terrorist or insane college shooter.

We're willing to send 100,000 men to their deaths overseas to earn the right to have freedoms, but not willing to keep those freedoms if it means loosing a single life on our own soil.

Doesnt anybody remember when the United States offered to build nuclear reactors in Iran when the Shah was in power? The US literally trained over 20 Nuclear Scientists from Iran in preperation at MIT and other colleges. Iran chose to build a Siemens plant opposed to the General Electric (eventually after Iraq bombed it Siemens backed out and Russia took over). Where would we be today if they chose General Electric?

Didn't we get this big propaganda build up before the US attacked Iraq? Weapons of mass destruction, huge caches of poison gas, etc etc. Your being set up again folks. When was the last time Iran attacked another country??

Also i love how people just goto wikipedia as references regarding centrifuges and all of a sudden they are nuclear physicists.I work in the nuclear industry and can put much to rest.

Iran will not make a bomb through centrifuges they still dont have enough centrifuges to expedite the process and if theyd id they dont have enough time, theyd need thousands at least 8-10,000 right now there at 3,000.There fastest route is the spent fuel that would be from running there reactor. Forunately this takes time and still the reactor isnt up and running, also they dont have any fuel to run it yet (russians bailed as Iran is back-payment on over 50 million) in which you just cant throw it in you have to develop rods and warm-up and testing stages when construction is complete.

Dresden.

Can we finish the first two wars before getting into a third one? For those of you who think it will only take a few months to defeat Iran, remember how long it was supposed to take us in Iraq. Also, oil and money can be very influential. It looks like Democracy in Russia is crumbling and they still don't like us. If there were ever an alliance between Iran and Russia it could be a very long struggle. Remember, Hitler was winning while they were allies and lost after he attempted to invade Russia.

By the way, The only people really in immediate danger from Iran is our good ole friends Israel. And if I'm not mistaken Iran's missile range barely encompasses Israel. Not to say that they won't develope ICBM's, but I think the world will get involved before that happens, and you can have your war with all the allies you want to then.

Sorry, Jason....Your time frame of 5-10 yrs. is just not acceptable! We want instant gratification....we want blood, smoke, and radiation, and we want it now!
The scene in Iraq is getting old, the Shock and Awe are but a distant memory. We want a BIG freakin' mushroom cloud over Tehran by this summer, latest!
We want to see it 24/7 on T.V., in place of summer re-runs....is this asking too much of a country that can put a man on the moon and wine in a box?

You can live in the land of the free, or live in the land of the protected. If you all want to live in the land of the protected, where the president can go to war on a whim, the government can spy on anyone it thinks is a possible lunatic, fine, but do it somewhere else.

I'd rather live in the land of the free, under the principles laid down by the founders of this country, even if it means I and my family have to assume a higher level of risk.

If and when Iran attacks another nation, I will be willing to go to war, but I am not willing to do so just because some people are worried about "what ifs."

Let me say right up front. Iran is a developing problem that must be dealt with. Unfortunately we are in a situation where there are no good options. We, the citizens of the USA, lack the will to do what must be done. A radical retreat from Iraq holds is very risky. We don't have sufficient troops in uniform threaten Iran. The only way to meet this threat is to institute the draft (need I remind that we are at war) and to increase the funding for waging war with increased taxes.

I would love to hear a candidate tell it to me straight. Ask me to elect them so they can raise my taxes and institute the draft to assure that our way of life can survive. I don't believe we have the will and patriotic spirit required to vote for that candidate. Until we do, I will continue to watch the sunset on this great experiment in democracy.