Iran Urges Disposal Of All Nuclear Arms

The subtitle, Plan Ignores Tehran's Enrichment Efforts, says a lot.

Channelling John Lennon, Iran has made a proposal to the P-5 plus-one, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany to eliminate the world's nuclear weapons.

The credibility of Iranian leadership reminds me of the Inspector General teams that frequent Air Force bases. They would immediately hit you with two lies as soon as they were off the plane: 1) "We're glad to see you," and 2) "We're here to help."

The good news is the Iranian plan does not criticize the United States. The bad news is the Iranian plan ignores facts on the ground and does nothing to address the myriad problems associated with Iran's nuclear program and their ongoing defiance of three UN Security council resolutions.

Apparently having misplaced his personal reset button in an interview associated with the release of the Iranian proposal, Samareh Hashemi (described as a longtime confident of Iranian president Ahmadinejad) called on the U.S. to apologize to Iran, attacked the American two-party system, and denounced liberal democracy.

Because Iran is such a closed society and due to their ongoing deception efforts, we tend to worst-case their intentions. Anything less would be imprudent.

UPDATE: read the proposal for yourself. The front-end is pretty freaky.

Don't Worry So Much About Iran's Nukes

Although ostensibly about Iran, the punch line comes after a long build up: Pakistan has at least 60 nuclear weapons and they are "the most frightening nuclear challenge we're facing."

Sigh. This is one of those articles that counsels the administration to deal with the world as it should be versus as it actually is. Even if you agree with the author's assertion that we should be more concerned about Pakistan, this is the real world and either/or are not the only options.

The way things are, of course, is that Iran is on track to have a nuclear weapon. Some say testing could be done as soon as six-months.