BB, WA ("Though thanks to our lucky stars the worst did not happen")
- Exactly. It is pretty much purely by luck that we are all still here, after several well documented near misses/incidents.

Not good enough. But we have to demand disarmament, whilst ceasing funding those who design, build, test, store and maintain such weapons of terror which risk absolutely everything we have - and everything we have fought for.

("There is even reports that Iran might already possess nuclear warheads to fit her long-range rockets, no doubt illegally arranged, but possibly not much worse than Israel’s illegal possession of atomic artillery in any case?")

No actually, not according to the USA's own National Intelligence Estimate, “Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities,”
http://ippnweupdate.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/a-nuclear-armed-iran-not-according-to-intelligence-agencies-of-worlds-largest-nuclear-power/
and:
http://www.icanw.org/news#US%20NIE%20on%20Iran
including:
- We judge with high confidence that in fall (autumn) 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program
- We continue to assess with moderate-to-high confidence that Iran does not currently have a nuclear weapon.

Make no mistake, GW's latest trip to the Middle East had at its core the USA's $20billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, the world largest oil exporter.
http://news.theage.com.au/bush-in-new-saudi-talks-after-arms-deal/20080114-1lwl.html