"Iran continued to expand its nuclear infrastructure and continued Uranium enrichment despite multiple UN security council resolutions since 2006 calling for the suspension of those activities."

"Iran's intention is to develop the weapons and the materials to be the major power in the Middle East"

With this new CIA report that says things such as the above quote, I think it is time to start considering the possibility of a new war, a real war. It may not be for another 10 years or so but Iran is tired of being pushed around by us, by the UN, and they hate Israel. If I was in their position I would have my top scientists working round the clock to get those weapons manufactured. If Iran suddenly hit Israel with a nuke, even a small crude nuke, it would ruin Americas image as the ultimate world power. America has pledged support to Israel, in the past Israel has not required that help. With our technology and their guts they have showed that they are not being moved. But now Iran is on the way to having the ability to knock Israel silly with one sucker punch. Should Iran do that the President of the United States would face a decision that is a lose lose decision. They could a) Tell Israel "I'm sorry but we are spread to thin right now and do not have the military flexibility to assist you." or b) We could swallow the fact that we can not afford to go into another war, both economically and we do not have the man power to do that, and we could stand up for the little nation. Personally A is the choice that the President would have to go with, because B could mean WWIII. China may not like the fact that Iran has nuclear capabilities, but they still are trading partners with Iran receiving 19.3% of all of China's exports which makes them the biggest single buyer, and China receiving 13.6% of Iran's exports which are mainly in the form of crude oil. This puts China in a tough spot, should the US go to war with Iran we would want to shut down all trade with country so that they can not afford to fight a war, this is the easiest way to win a war. So would China be willing to cut off their main energy import and a fifth of their exports just because the US told them to? I think not, but I also do not see them going to war with us just because we went to war with Iran. The point is that the US needs to start preparing now for a nation that has little care for the world and a complete dedication to punishing infidels (or at least that is how they get their people to fight) and may have nukes at some point soon. To do this we need to finish the jobs we have started in Iraq and Afghanistan and find a way to strengthen our economy so that we are in a position of strength and power. Because there is no better way to scare someone than to have the potential to kill them, and there is no better way to make a country feel capable of taking on a giant than to make fools out of ourselves. I say it is time to quit being foolish and show the world that America is still the #1 power in the world and is willing to prove it.