IRAN - SIX MONTHS TO A BOOMER - AT 6:20 P.M. ET:  "Boomer" is slang for a nuclear bomb.  And now even foreign diplomats are saying that Iran could have a boomer in six months:

VIENNA (AP) - Iran is blocking U.N. nuclear agency attempts to upgrade monitoring of its atomic program while advancing those activities to the stage that the country would have the means to test a weapon within six months, diplomats told The Associated Press Friday.

The diplomats emphasized that there were no indications of plans for such a nuclear test, saying it was highly unlikely Iran would risk heightened confrontation with the West—and chances of Israeli attack—by embarking on such a course.

No, but computer simulations can tell the story.  No vulnerable country, like Israel, would relax simply because Iran didn't carry out a full test. 

And our president, showing signs of chronic adolescence, still talks about "engagement," even though the Europeans have been engaged for seven years, with no result. 

July 17, 2009