Iranian Nuclear Revelations

While I'm not always trusting of the United States government's intelligence capacity, the fact that the I.A.E.A. now suspects Iran to be in the process of developing nuclear weapons is old news to the West.  I disagree with assertion by The New York Times that the report issued by the international agency "seems certain to accelerate Iran’s confrontation with much of the rest of the world."  Let me remind you that the I.A.E.A. is an arm of the United Nations, and that the United Nations has, as far as I can tell, become a jobs program for diplomats thanks to the impasse between the United States, China, and Russia on anything that matters (I'm a political realist, in case you haven't noticed).  This U.N. agency, then, says nothing of Iran the West hasn't already accused it of doing, and whatever words the agency chooses will no doubt be less forceful than the words already spoken by two Presidents and their administrations in these United States.  If the Iranians haven't been swayed by words and sanctions, a piece of paper from the I.A.E.A. won't change much, as far as I see it.

The article from The Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/world/middleeast/19iran.html