Ahmadinejad’s nuclear gamble | Economist.com

Iran's current strength in the world is the direct result of two major policy mistakes the US has made. 1st the Occupation of Iraq and the subsquent instability that resulted, and 2nd not striving harder to be less dependent on Oil (i.e. finding alternative ways to create and use energy)

The US occupation of Iraq has left the world's police force understaffed to deal with potentially larger and more dangerous issues namely Iran's obtaining Nuclear weapons. Remember Iran not Iraq has been proven to support terrorist groups (Saddam didn't work with these groups because he feared them operating in his country could work against him because Iraq wasn't a secular Islamic Republic which is what the groups wanted all of the Middle East to be (ok I am generalizing here)

The Iranians with Oil at over $60 a barrel have been able to use their petrodollars to buy off the Europeans and Asians in any UN Security Council type action. The head of the Iraninan Nuclear program recently laughed at the idea that the US would be able to stop them from developing their program.

This most unwanted development is a result of poor stratigic vision by the Bush Administration. Of course it is also a result of Western policies for over a century coming back to haunt us.

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