Jerome Corsi, author of "Atomic Iran," says Iran will soon reach the point of no return in its quest for nuclear weapons.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has made similar comments.
The best intelligence suggests Iran will have achieved its goal of producing nuclear arms by June.
Yet, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is relying on the European Union to persuade Tehran to halt its nuclear program and won't decide until this summer whether or not to take a tougher stance against Iran in the U.N. Security Council.
Rice also played down the threat North Korea's nuclear program poses, saying the United States trusts China to persuade Kim Jong-il to reverse course.
Suddenly, the "axis of evil" is no longer a high priority for Washington.
Rice is speaking softly and not wielding much of a stick.
This is the wrong message to be sending the anti-U.S. coalition of nuclear and soon-to-be-nuclear nations of the world.
Her words were greeted with glee in Tehran.
Iran announced Sunday that most European states support its objectives to "make use of nuclear energy for civilian purposes."
"There is a new approach among most European countries that Iran has an inalienable right to make peaceful use of nuclear technology," said foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi. "Currently, the issue of objective guarantees is not clear to them and efforts should be made to specify the issue. We hope the Europeans will present clear proposals for reaching objective and firm guarantees."
Iran's meetings with the European Union are scheduled to resume today. The idea that the United States is abdicating leadership to Europe was not lost on the Iranians.
"For the moment, it's best for the Americans to follow the process from the grandstand as spectators, and leave negotiators to do their job," said Asefi.
Stories in the Tehran Times and Al-Jazeera noted the significance of Rice's remarks.
If Rice truly believes China and Europe are watching out for America's best interests, she is not fit for leadership. China and Europe see themselves as competitors with the United States. They relish the tough choices facing Washington as major challenges to our safety and national security arise throughout the world.
The Bush administration's stance toward Iran and North Korea is nothing short of appeasement and accommodation – policies that will lead to even more threats to the United States in the future.
As Corsi writes in "Atomic Iran," when Tehran goes nuclear, the clock begins ticking toward the day or the hour in which its terrorist operatives smuggle a weapon of mass destruction into our country for detonation – an act that could bring the United States to its knees, reduce it to a second-rate economic power and knock down the world's lone superpower like a pitiful, helpless giant.
"Terrorists don't stockpile nuclear weapons," Corsi writes. "They use them."
And make no mistake about it: Iran is one of the world's biggest and most aggressive sponsors of terrorism to achieve its strategic goals.
There are always those who want to take the easy way out when faced with hostile, aggressive, unyielding force, as the new, award-winning documentary, "In the Face of Evil," illustrates so effectively. Turn the other way. Don't notice the oppression. Ignore the threat. Put off the confrontation for another time. Buy peace through diplomacy. Feed the monster. Appease the beast.
It's no different today.
Is Rice trying to be loved? Is Bush trying to be accepted by international leaders? Or are they working toward fulfillment of their constitutional duty to protect the American people?
One thing should be clear from history: Appeasement never works – no matter what the motives are.