So armed, Iran would upset the balance of power not just in the region of the Persian Gulf but in the entire world. Even though America has surpassed Saudi Arabia in the export of oil, the Iranians would nevertheless be able to spike the price of oil by choking off the flow from the region causing immense economic damage worldwide. When Iran gets the bomb it will undoubtedly trigger an arms race in the region for nations like Saudi Arabia to arm up to defend themselves against the Iranian Shia regime. The world becomes infinitely more dangerous with these nations in this volatile region possessed of atomic weapons. Expect the Iranians to make deals with the Chinese which could accelerate the long-term threat to America which is an ever more aggressive and powerful China.
Finally, there is a real danger that ideologues in Iran might hand off bombs to terror groups to smuggle into the United States for detonation in various American cities.
It is clear that Obama is in full appeasement mode determined to accommodate the Iranians fixed intention to acquire nuclear weapons. They will also be equipped with delivery systems, both conventional and unconventional, posing a threat to our allies in Europe, Israel, and the mainland of the United States itself. It is not clear whether Obama has succeeded in intimidating Israel and preventing Israel from unilaterally attacking Iranian nuclear facilities. But it is clear that Obama will himself never act militarily to stop Iran getting the bomb.
This is a shameful capitulation by this administration which we have predicted since the inauguration of Obama six years ago.
Now to make an observation which no doubt will draw some fire: The war in Iraq was the wrong war against the wrong enemy at the wrong time resulting in incalculable costs to the United States including contributing to the election of Barack Obama, draining our treasury, and making the possibility of attacking Iranian nuclear facilities politically unpalatable. Not only has Iran gained relative to the United States, it is become more secure, more powerful and more dangerous as a result of our miscalculation in Iraq while America has become relatively weaker.
