(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - Iranian President Ahmadinejad has an exquisite sense of timing, announcing Tuesday that the Islamic Republic had for the first time enriched uranium to reactor-grade levels. This announcement puts Iran in formal breach of a UN Security Council resolution, and indicates that Iran has the know-how, if not yet the industrial base, to build an atomic bomb. Maybe this will now focus minds on the risk that a repressive regime with huge oil and gas reserves, "revolutionary" ideals, regional ambitions, and a global terrorist network will be in a position to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons. It would be irresponsible for the administration not to draw up contingency plans, given the threat Iran increasingly poses.
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