I've been tracking this for a while, and the upshot is that Iran is pretty much proceeding with its nuclear weapons program while the U.N. employs what Lileks calls their "Extra Strong Frown Beams." Firm letters have been written. Disapproval noted. And extension after extension agreed to.

Read this.

"If a day comes when the world of Islam is duly equipped with the arms Israel has in possession, the strategy of colonialism would face a stalemate because application of an atomic bomb would not leave any thing in Israel but the same thing would just produce damages in the Muslim world"

- Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, influential cleric in Iran

Muslim leaders excel at ordering other Muslims to die. If the leaders believe themselves to be safe, how many here doubt they would easily be willing to write off a huge chunk of Iran's population to finally destroy Israel for all time?

Sleep well. The U.N. is guarding you.