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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US says Iran is not nuclear capable
2010-04-12
[Iran Press TV Latest] US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has accused Iran of moving toward the production of nuclear weapons but said that Iran is not "nuclear capable" yet.

"I'd just say, and it's our judgment here, they are not nuclear capable," Gates said in an interview. "Not yet."

Speaking to NBC's "Meet the Press," Gates said that Iran was "continuing to make progress" in its nuclear program, which Washington alleges also has a clandestine military component.

"It's going slower... than they anticipated. But they are moving in that direction," he claimed.

Gates denied that the US was resigned to Iran becoming a nuclear-armed power.

"We have not... drawn that conclusion at all. And in fact, we're doing everything we can to try and keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons," he said.
How effective are those efforts, pray tell?
The Pentagon chief's comments come despite the fact that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has never found a shred of evidence indicating that Iran is pursuing a military nuclear program.

Iran, which is an IAEA member and a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), has repeatedly declared that the only aim of its nuclear program is producing energy for peaceful purposes.
To review: Soviet Russia proliferated to China, which proliferated to North Korea, Pakistan, and Libya; North Korea proliferated to Iran and Syria. The IAEA under director El Baradei carefully ignored the traffic until Iran had 8.000 machines running full blast to refine uranium useful for the bombs they'd long announced they'd use to wipe out Israel, even as they claimed -- once caught -- that their nuclear program is only for power plants. Did I miss anything?
Posted by:Fred

#3  This is the pre-'experts surprised' statement.
Posted by: Muggsy Glink   2010-04-12 12:46  

#2  Just your judgment, huh Bob? whimper
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2010-04-12 12:14  

#1  Versus TOPIX > IRAN: NO TURNING BACK FROM NUCLEAR STATE.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-04-12 00:09  

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