August 3, 2009 4:00 AM

Waiting to See
Obama has stopped worrying and learned to accept the Iranian bomb.

By Anne Bayefsky

The National Review

Pres. Barack Obama has decided to let Iran acquire nuclear arms. Unless Israel acts in self-defense against the president¡¯s wishes, the world¡¯s most dangerous regime will command the world¡¯s most dangerous weapon. Notwithstanding the White House¡¯s misinformation campaign to the contrary, the evidence of the president¡¯s agenda is incontrovertible. Number one. Obama knows that the U.N. will not prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb. In June 2003 the International Atomic Energy Agency first reported that Iran was breaching its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Six years and five minimalist Security Council resolutions later, the adoption of serious sanctions by the council remains a non-starter. Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said in early July that more sanctions would be ¡°counter-productive.¡± The Tehran Times reported on July 28 that the Iranian nuclear plant at Bushehr ¡ª built by Russia¡¯s nuclear-power corporation and completed in March ¡ª will be operational by the end of September. The latest development in burgeoning Chinese-Iranian ties was an Iranian July 13 announcement that China has agreed to invest $40 billion to increase Iran¡¯s gasoline-refining capacity ¡ª a move that would hardly be an incentive to buy into new sanctions. ¡ý Keep reading this article ¡ý