It was my concluding

Jock — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:13:21 +0000

It was my concluding paragraph actually - then I added the epilogue about the US theocrats as my office colleague who is American is always on about them envying Iran!

Yes

sanbikinoraion — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:35:28 +0000

You've pretty much exactly captured my feelings on this matter. Your second-to-last paragraph is the key.

Iran: not quite as mad as the Mullahs were made out to be.

Jock — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:50:24 +0000

The Independent and others today highlight a report from US "Intelligence Agencies" that says that Iran ended any nuclear weapons program it had going four years ago in response to threats of sanctions and force and international signs of disapproval

Iran 'has halted its nuclear weapons programme'

By Leonard Doyle in Washington
Published: 04 December 2007
In a blow to Bush administration hawks demanding military strikes on Iran, a US intelligence report reveals that Tehran's secret nuclear weapons programme was shut down four years ago. The finding which has come as a surprise to friends and foes of the US concluded: "We do not know whether [Iran] currently intends to develop nuclear weapons." That is in sharp contrast to an intelligence report two years ago that stated Iran was "determined to develop nuclear weapons".

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It was my concluding

Yes

Iran: not quite as mad as the Mullahs were made out to be.