[Skybird]

As I said throughout the past 18 months: if you want them make to stop by military force, you will need nukes to really shut down any existing program with it's key componentns hidden deep inside mountains, and the surface. And if you want to use nukes, you need undoubtable evidence and proof in advance, not after the war.

So either they see no chance to get the public behind using nukes, or they have no real substantial evidence to legitimate that option, or both. I think the last is the valid option, since even if there would be solid evidence confirmed by non-american sources - the western public and the american public still would not forgive the first-use of nukes.

However, the situation is far from harmless, and I personally think Iran seeks nukes indeed. It's the only reasonable and realistic option for them, politicially, and I even must not go into any ideological discussions for concluding that.