The claimed Fatwa has been spoken of, and to my knowledge has never been produced despite numerous requests. Based upon Based upon President Rouhani's own communiques from 2006 discussed last year in Time Magazine, he intentionally misled Western diplomats to by time for further development toward's weapon's grade enriched uranium. There still remains, in terms of face value, every reason to believe--especially due to the repetition of the Fatwa myth in this article, and the clever manipulation of the interpretation of the wording of the present "treaty" that we are seeing the continuance of a smooth-talking diplomatic campaign--the only clear policy change from the Ahmadinejad administration being the realization that "you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar."



Now, realistically as grownup considering serious real-world negotiations and not what is fed for foreign public consumption, can one expect better? No, but one can begin to set up a situation where though one can fabricated false promises and denials all they wish, but will be forced to follow through faithfully. That is, This begins with a unified agreement of all stake holders--including Israel and all Arab States--not backdoor negotiations.



All things considered, as it stands now, through all the pretty words of peaceful development, one sees the continuation, nay acceleration, of covert operations in the development and spreading of (for now), conventional weapons (particularly missiles) into the Middle East for intentions of control through client groups, eventual direct conventional military operations backed by a nuclear threat, or potential if the internal debate goes to the radical, the use of nuclear weapons directly. The present situation will force increase of pressure for others to act in manner of a classic arms race. It should be remembered that the only limited nuclear war in history was that of the US and Japan at the end of WWII. It was horrible enough, but limited because only the US had these weapons. In the tinderbox of the Middle East, one has good reason to see the real possibility of the nuclear winter that formed the basis of the mutual assured destruction politics between the US and USSR during the Cold War.