Some Good News

I'd like to report that due to Porcupinery's persuasive arguments for self education regarding the Iran/U.S. nuclear proliferation issue, world leaders at large, recognizing our powerful online community's grasp of all the relevant issues (in manner of fake it til you make it), and recognizing that they couldn't slither toward Armageddon on our watch, have managed to forge a preliminary agreement in a somewhat positive direction, although I still don't get why the United States is the arbiter of all things powerful.
The point, my friends, is that we have cornered them into diplomacy. Give yourselves a pat on the back.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/06/AR2006060600685.html

Proposal Would Let Iran Enrich Uranium
Tehran Must Meet U.N. Guidelines
By Karl Vick and Dafna LinzerWashington Post Foreign ServiceWednesday, June 7, 2006; Page A01
TEHRAN, June 6 -- The diplomatic package backed by Washington and formally presented to Iran on Tuesday leaves open the possibility that Tehran will be able to enrich uranium on its own soil, U.S. and European officials said.
That concession, along with a promise of U.S. assistance for an Iranian civilian nuclear energy program, is conditioned on Tehran suspending its current nuclear work until the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency determines with confidence that the program is peaceful. U.S. officials said Iran would also need to satisfy the U.N. Security Council that it is not seeking a nuclear weapon, a benchmark that White House officials believe could take years, if not decades, to achieve.