Iran missile tests enter day 2

Yesterday Iran spooked the world when it test launched 9 missiles, one with a long enough range to hit its Middle East enemy Israel. Despite the harsh warnings to got in return, Iran has done more tests today involving more long range missiles.

The feud between Iran and Israel is nothing new, but tensions have definitely been increasing over the past couple of weeks, with Israel conducting war games in Greece last month that many believe is a precursor to an eventual attack on its Middle East neighbor. These games did not go un-noticed by Iran, which has vowed to destroy Israel and set American interests in the region on fire.

While you could list numerous reasons for the feud, the main one in the forefront these days is Iran’s nuclear intentions. Iran is insistent that its nuclear ambitions are for peaceful means (electricity), but Israel and America have been skeptical of such claims, and have insisted that the country is in pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Israel and America have both come out very vocally and stated that Iran must stop their nuclear program, or actions may be taken. The irony of course being that both Israel and America do posses the nuclear bombs.

Of course having a nuclear bomb is one thing, being able to deliver it is another. Short of walking into Israel with a nuclear suitcase bomb, Iran would first have to build accurate missiles to use to deploy the weapons.

And that is where we are today. Iran has been appearing to be developing its nuclear program for several years now, and now we are seeing missile tests.

The strange thing is that now America is actually down playing the country’s nuclear program, saying that Iran has not made any significant progress in developing nuclear weapons. I know its tough to believe that this is actually coming out of the Bush white house, but it is. What should we take from that? I’m not really sure… I will have to think about that one for a while.

For now it’s anyone’s guess who this will play itself out. Perhaps Iran is merely launching these missiles to get it a little more leveraging power in diplomatic discussion, or perhaps, and hopefully not, they have figured out how to produce the nuclear bomb, and are now working on a way to be able to deliver it should they ever decide that was the right move. Lets hope that is not what is going on.

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