Iran Has A Horseshoe Nail We're DOOMED

For want of information the design was lost.
For want of a design the warhead was lost.*
For want of a warhead the missile was lost.
For want of a missile the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of information.

* For want of a design and manufactured components and highly enriched uranium.

The New York Times reports that Iran no longer wants for information.

It seems leaked portions of a confidential report containing “loose language,” and “not ready for publication as an official document,” titled “Possible Military Dimensions of Iran’s Nuclear Program,” “detailing an emerging sense in the intelligence world,” disclose “conclusions [that] are tentative and subject to further confirmation of the evidence,” that “Iran has done extensive research and testing” and “has sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable implosion nuclear device.”

It’s going to become a pain in the ass to conquer the entire Middle East if we don’t act soon. “Soon” meaning immediately. If it isn’t too late already. The time for inspections and diplomacy is over. Et cetera.

[NYT via: vastleft]