Iran Ups The Ante

Posted by Matt in December 31st, 2007

Last month, Iran tested its new “Ashura” missile with an estimated range of 1,250 miles. That, according to American Enterprise Institute scholar Charlie Szrom, could give Tehran the ability to “reach U.S. bases in the Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe, including such U.S. allies as Romania, Georgia, or Ukraine.”

Even the most conservative intelligence estimates say Iran will be able to build nuclear bombs by 2015. It already has 3,000 centrifuges whirring away at its Natanz facility enriching nuclear fuel, with plans for thousands more. The world ignores this at its peril.

Meanwhile, Europe expresses outrage, but little more — and continues to sign lucrative business deals with Iran’s mullahs.

Originally published on Dec. 24, 2007.

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