Iranian Missile Test
“Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s plans to increase his country’s uranium enrichment to near weapons grade could be a wakeup call for President Obama. Michael Adler on what the Iranian president’s mixed signals mean for Obama’s diplomatic hopes.
Upping the ante once again in Iran’s nuclear showdown with the United States, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has given orders to have uranium enriched to almost 20 percent—much closer to weapons level. If Iran goes ahead with Ahmadinejad’s plans, President Obama’s rhetoric about engagement would get a reality check.
To increase enrichment, Iran would have to rearrange the centrifuge arrays that refine uranium at the closely watched Natanz site, a focus of concern that the Islamic Republic is seeking nuclear weapons. And the country would be crossing another so-called red line, taking enrichment over the 5 percent level needed for fuel for nuclear power reactors. Given the geometric curve that is enrichment, going to nearly 20 percent is all but the last step needed to jump to the more than 90 percent required for weapons.”
Source: Daily Beast
Of course few people ever say this, but Iran IS a sovereign nation, and probably feels like we all would if another nation that was building and testing nukes just came out and told us we couldn’t do the same.
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