Iran wants to extend great thanks to Mohammed El Baradei for help us top achieve nuclear state status!!!

- The Cat

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My first reaction to the headline was “Um…duh?”

Nobody here at HotAir is going to be the least bit surprised when the Islamofascists take out a city.

Nope, but I would be surprised if the device originated from Iran rather than Pakistan. Iran is, for all its faults, a functioning state, and the Shiites in power there have shown, if nothing else, that they’re far more pragmatic than, say, their Wahhabi-Sunni counterparts to the east.

So unless Ahmedinejad actually believes his rhetoric about attacking Israel out of some divine providence (which he might), and has the authority to follow through with it (which he probably doesn’t), I fully expect Iran will use its nuclear weapons the way other states do: to influence its neighbors and peers, find new ways to project its power, and otherwise leverage its position on the international stage.

None of which will be good for the US at all. In fact, it will be an unmitigated geopolitical disaster. But it will nevertheless require that Iran keep its weapons for itself.

But when Musharraf goes (and, one way or another, that clearly is a when and not an if), should the Wahhabis or those sympathetic to them take control of Pakistan, there might be nothing to prevent a warhead from making its way into the hands of Al Qaeda. Because these men are not pragmatists, but zealots.

And say it was their own nuclear accident.

Lie like they do.

No one believes anything coming from Mahmoud and the mad mullahs.

Use it.

Only one thing missing.

Imagine you are a military sniper; you’ve taken all the training. Spent months at the range, and in the field. Perfected your technique, and you’ve been given a mission. You’ve reached your area of operation, found the perfect concealment, and you are set up. Your target is in your sights. And there is just that one little thing left to do.

“ya have to pull the trigger.”

Of course, we could reassess the situation. Recalculate the data, re-re-re-debate the conclusions. Re-argue the arguments; make more speeches, write more columns.

Or we could all just go on vacation. I’m gonna go work in the garden.

Have a nice day.