BULLETIN - AT 1:58 P.M. ET:   We don't run many bulletins here, but this is worthy.  On the very day we announce that we're not going to build missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic, the Associated Press reveals a secret paper that makes our decision look absurd and reckless, which it is:

VIENNA (AP) - Experts at the world's top atomic watchdog are in agreement that Tehran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb and is on the way to developing a missile system able to carry an atomic warhead, according to a secret report seen by The Associated Press.

The document drafted by senior officials at the International Atomic Energy Agency is the clearest indication yet that the agency's leaders share Washington's views on Iran's weapon-making capabilities.

It appears to be the so-called "secret annex" on Iran's nuclear program that Washington says is being withheld by the IAEA's chief.

The document says Iran has "sufficient information" to build a bomb. It says Iran is likely to "overcome problems" on developing a delivery system.

COMMENT:  That's as close to definitive as it gets.  But The One will solve the crisis.  He will talk to the Iranians.  He will make nice comments about their culture.  He will apologize for the United States.

And the nuclear threat will go away, as the oceans start to recede and Americans start to live forever under the miracle cures of Obamacare.

Yuch.

September 17, 2009