>>>The UN was busily saying he was working on WMD (more than the chemical weapons he had and used). Hindsight is great.
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>Actually the US inspectors said the opposite. Which was why it was necessary to vilify them and call them incompetent for not finding all the WMD under their noses.
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>>>They are spending an awful lot of their GNPs on building the stuff.
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>Yep, Iran is a real scientific player now, up there with the big boys.
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>>>NK putting a satellite in orbit says they can put at least a small payload anywhere in the US.
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>If you check that article I posted, the experts don't agree with that. Only Russia or China could do that for the foreseeable future.

If you can put a payload in orbit, it can come out of orbit. Pick the time and inclination and you have a target anywhere in the world (unless your orbit is perfectly equatorial). Physics.

If experts want to disagree with that I'd wonder where their expertise lies - Cooking maybe?

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>>>Iran has already shown missiles that can hit Israel with a significant payload.
>>>Only a matter of time and inaction in my book.
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>What are you basing that on? Iran is systematically demonized in a lot of Western media. For a more balanced view, see if you can find something in an Indian newspaper.

India hasn't had Iran leading the terrorist charge against them since 1979.