A new nuclear world

Posted by Matt in September 30th, 2006

George W Bush has huffed and puffed about using force to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Now he may have to learn to live with them. A meeting of senior US intelligence analysts last week was unanimous in concluding that little can be done to stop Iran under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, its volatile president, from acquiring the technology to develop the bomb. The United States lacks the intelligence for targeted airstrikes, partly because there are so many targets. Military action would also send global oil prices soaring and exacerbate America’s already intractable problems in Iraq. Mr Bush does not have to take the advice of his intelligence community, but after Iraq he would be wise to be wary.

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