“I think Iran has a secret nuclear-weapons program—I believe it, but I don’t know it.”

The New Yorker has published an article exploring the possibility of military action being taken by the Bush administration in Iran. Hersh relies on a number of unnamed diplomats, intelligence officers, and other unnamed sources but presents the possibility as being real convincingly. The debate over the attainment of nuclear weapons by Iran is being framed by diplomacy versus air strikes. The impression the article gives is that the latter is being built in a similar way to the argument made to invade Iraq and has little basis. Further, the real goal would not even be elimination of Iran's nuclear weapon capabilities. It could be complete regime change and an even further shaking up of the Middle East for American interests.