Iran Has Had Nuclear Weapons Since 1984!!!

If you’ve read Stephen King’s book It — remember when they discovered those old photographs of Pennywise the clown?  Here’s a picture of Derry (where the story took place) in the early 1900s, and there’s Pennywise, front and center.  Even old drawings and paintings of the town in the 1700s — there’s Pennywise.

And now, we have our own current version of Pennywise:  the perennial warnings that Iran will have a nuclear bomb any minute now.  According to Media Matters, these warnings go back to 2005.

It gets even better.  According to The Rude Pundit’s post of 2/24/12, these hysterical warnings about Iran’s nuclear arsenal go back as far as 1984.  On April 25, 1984, an AP article warned:

“Iran is likely to have its own nuclear bomb within two years, according to press reports cited by Jane's Defense Weekly. The magazine, part of the authoritative Jane's Publications on weapons systems, said Tuesday that reports from the Persian Gulf region last week indicated the bomb was being produced at a nuclear power plant in Boushahar, southern Iran.”

OK, we’ve been warned.  For the past twenty-eight years, Iran has been just minutes away from having its own nuclear weapons.

In other words, when you hear the next dire warning about Iran being almost ready to nuke America — take it with a grain of salt.  Or maybe a whole shaker full.

Iran Not Developing Nuclear Weapons

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said this yesterday on Face The Nation:

“I think the pressure of the sanctions, the diplomatic pressures from everywhere, Europe, the United States, elsewhere, it’s working to put pressure on them…Are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No.”

Sorry, chickenhawks — your wetdream has been thwarted.  It was all just a tease.

Maybe President Mitt “war is heck” Romney will attack Iran.  Until then, the warmongering inbreds will have to fly their chickenhawk flag at half mast.

Millions of keyboard warriors having their phallic war fantasies derailed — that’s a lot of frustrated people.  Chickenhawks with blueballs.  These poor pitiful creatures have spent months entertaining the most graphic dreams and images of “Ugh!  Battleships, missiles, bullets — penetrating deep deep deep into Iran!  Ugh!”

It was almost complete.  Almost, almost, almost, and then:

Not tonight, chickenhawks — the Pentagon has a headache.