The Ayatollah's Brazen Nuclear Elaboration

You know the fiction that Iran was only pitchin' enrichin' for purely peaceful purposes? In light of the Grandiose Ayatollah's latest announcement--essentially a boast that he has nukes and knows how to use 'em--you can put that puppy to bed once and for all:

TEHRAN — Iran’s supreme leader said Saturday that his country was not seeking nuclear weapons but added that if Iran ever decided to build them, no “global power”

 

The supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose 2005 edict banning nuclear weapons is regarded as binding in Iran, told a group of visitors to his home in Tehran, the capital, that his country favored the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons.         

“We believe that nuclear weapons must be eliminated,” Ayatollah Khamenei said. “We don’t want to build atomic weapons. But if we didn’t believe so and intended to possess nuclear weapons, no power could stop us.” His comments were posted on his Web site, Khamenei.ir.         

American officials say they believe that Ayatollah Khamenei exercises full control over Iran’s nuclear program. On Thursday, he rejected direct talks with the United States while it was “pointing a gun at Iran”; on Saturday he elaborated on the issue.         

He called on the United States to show “logic” while talking to Iran, without further elaborating...

Message received. No further "elaborating" required.



Update: Dudes who sorta resemble His Grandiosity sing, "He's got nukes, he knows how to use 'em..." Or something like that: