U.N. Watchdog Optimistic about Iran deal

"I am still very much hopeful that in the next week an agreement could be reached," Mohamed ElBaradei, the IAEA chief, told reporters.

The Internation Atomic Energy Agency's 35 member panel is apparently not going to talk about the Iran situation until tuesday or wednesday. Delegates believe that whatever they are going to do will stop short of sanctions.

Are you kidding me? First of all, I'm not sure how anyone can be optimistic about this situation. Iran has been buying time for the last three years. They have given the world the runaround, which I and many other people believe is to buy time for building nuclear weapons. Some say they may just be months away.

And what better does the IAEA have to be doing with their time than dealing with this Iran situation? I think its safe to say that nothing they could be doing would be more important than Iran right now. How long do we have to twiddle our thumbs before a nuclear warhead is flying over Iraq on its way to Israel.

We've known Iran's intentions for at least THREE years! And what have we done about it? Let the EU sit there and twiddle their thumbs. I ask, how much closer are we now than three years ago in ensuring that Iran does not get a nuclear weapon? My answer is we've taken many steps back.

And no sanctions? So let me get this straight, we don't listen when Iran threatens to "wipe Israel off the map" or envisions the world without a United States and Israel. But, we listen when they threaten actions in response to sanctions? Does this make any sense to anyone else reading this?

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