Four nations spark WMD worries
Programs in Mideast, Asia viewed as potential weapon sources for terrorism

JOHN YAUKEY GANNETT NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON -- The regime-ending mistakes of Saddam Hussein were not lost on the mullahs of Iran.
Instead of pursuing banned weapons underground as the ousted Iraqi leader did after the first gulf war, Iran, by most accounts, is pressing forward with a nuclear weapons initiative in full view of the world.

Only it's disguised as a civilian energy program.

The strategy, intelligence analysts say, is to get as close to weapons production as possible while abiding by international nonproliferation restrictions, then start making warheads when the United States is caught in a vulnerable position that discourages pre-emptive strikes.

Much like it is now.

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We are wasting time and exhausting resources in Iraq while the real threats remain.