No sooner did Ahmadinejud proudly announced that Iran can now enrich uranium on an industrial scale, than the political commentators displayed their gymnastic agility by promptly getting on all fours and sticking their heads in the sand. "Russia, France doubt Iran nuclear claims" shouts the AP report. The news being too horrible to believe in, and requiring robust response which most do not even want to contemplate, it is perhaps no wonder we are in denial.  But is crouching down, with the head in the sand, a healthy attitude?Yes, the comparison has become trite, yet it is nonetheless totally valid: Mr. Hitler told the world what he intended to do almost decade before he came to power, almost fifteen years before Munich and the horror he unleashed on the denying world, just as he promised many years prior. I wondered a year ago why did our pundits play down Iran's threat - and a year later, with Iran's nuclear capacity vastly increased, there is still no change in...(Read Full Post)