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recent House of Representatives committee report on Iran's nuclear capability is "outrageous and dishonest" in trying to make a case that Tehran's program is geared toward making weapons, a senior official of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has said.

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The letter, obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday outside a 35-nation board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, says the report is false in saying Iran is making weapons-grade uranium at an experimental enrichment site, when it has in fact produced material only in small quantities that is far below the level that can be used in nuclear arms.

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In a recent Ha'aretz interview, the disgracefully irresponsible Tony Blair simply states as a fact that Iran is seeking a nuclear weapon:

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Q Regarding Iran, do you agree with the comparisons to the 1930s that we often read about?

A "When you have the president of a country as powerful as Iran say those things, it may be very foolish of us to assume he doesn't mean them. And when he's also trying to acquire a nuclear weapon, then I think the warning signs are pretty clear ... I think for a president of a country to say they want to wipe another country off the face of the earth and at the same time he's trying to acquire a nuclear weapons capability - if we don't get worried about that, future historians will raise a few questions about us and about our judgment.

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Or rather, he's purposefully choosing to further heat up already overheated rhetoric in a manner that shows a peaceful, negotiated solution to the current tensions is not his priority. Some 'statesman.'

Oh, and if I were Tony Blair, history's judgment of my handling of the Iran file is not the verdict I'd be worried about.

[ 16 September 2006: Message edited by: sgm ]