Obama, folding ...

Well, in Obama's defense he did say while campaigning that he would not push preconditions for talks with Iran. Mission accomplished.

Meanwhile, North Korea has expelled all the U.N.'s nuclear inspectors and has restarted its nuclear reactors ...

crickets

Peres, saber rattling ...

“[Iranian president Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad recruits forces against us, but there are also forces against him ... What happened in Egypt created a fierce opposition and we must unify all his opponents -- the Sunnis and the Europeans, as well as those afraid of nuclear weapons and terror. [If Obama's rhetoric doesn't soften the Iranian president’s approach] we’ll strike him.”

-- Israeli President Shimon Peres, April 11, 2009

Meanwhile ... Caroline Glick thinks that America has bailed on her former allies and friends and now it is up to those jilted former friends to come together in unity to take the fight forward ...

Jewish World Review: Surviving in a post-American world

... crickets ....

Showtime must be approaching ...

Ahmadinejad says he is ready to talk with Obama, and his conditions are open to debate. He lambastes Bush for past belligerence and strong-arm tactics and fawns praise for Obama's gentle and humble approach. He further reiterated Iran's desire for its sovereign ability to develop enriched uranium for "peaceful" purposes. He also announced that Iran has 7000 centrifuges now, up from 6000 in February.

"[past negotiations failed because] they were insisting on stopping our peaceful activities, they were trying to impose that. The Iranian nation has always been for talks, dialogue has to be based on justice and respecting rights ... Justice means both sides are treated equally and bilateral rights are respected ... Today conditions have changed. We had presented a package. Given new world developments, new subjects need to be added to the package"

-- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaking during celebrations for Iran's Nuclear Day, in which a number of nuclear advances were announced.

So, maybe the Sentinel is a stupid, slack-jawed, doe-eyed, low-brow and Iran really does not want the 12th Imam to re-appear and they really don't want to incinerate the Zionist-pig nation and her supporters; however, does anyone remember that period of time when Neville Chamberlain was coming back to Britain announcing peace in our time? He had just signed this fancy document (after some killer negotiating - with words) with Hitler that said Hitler promised not to start a war. There was this brief period when everybody breathed this huge sigh of relief.

I believe this is our brief period.

Confirmation: China's been selling banned material to Iran

NY Times reports on indictments handed down today. Appears the Chinese were selling things to Iran that would facilitate construction of a bomb.

Prosecutors in New York have charged a Chinese businessman and his company with a conspiracy relating to the sale of sensitive materials to Iran, covert transactions that prosecutors say violated United Nations bans aimed at restraining Tehran’s rocket and nuclear ambitions.

Israel, going down the checklist ...

Apparently, Israel is making sure all the last minute details are being attended to at the very moment its arch rival is doing the same.

A few minor quibbles from the referenced article:

The Arrow project is being developed by Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. and Chicago-based Boeing Co. at a cost of more than $1 billion. It was spurred largely by the failure of the U.S. military's Patriot missiles to intercept Iraqi Scud rockets that struck Israel in the 1991 Gulf War.

The "Patriot" was designed as an anti-aircraft missile system. That it took down a missile is a testament to the genius of its developers. The Patriot is truly a remarkable weapon.

Last month, the U.S. military's ground-based mobile missile defense system successfully shot down a medium-range ballistic missile during a test in Hawaii.

It was the first time the military fired two interceptors at one target using the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, a program designed to shoot down ballistic missiles in their last stage of flight.

The drill followed up on a test that was planned for last September but had to be aborted when the target malfunctioned shortly after launch.

Any complaints about the missile defense system that President Bush had negotiated for placement on U.S. allies Poland and the Czech Republics borders are now officially rebuffed. The truth is THAAD is also quite remarkable and very effective. It is the result of Reagan-Bush-Clinton and should close the mouths of the ignorant baying in the wilderness (it really has not). Is Obama and crew really trying to dismantle these programs?

At any rate, looks like we are set for a magnificently spectacular evening light show in the Hebrew wilderness, eh? Game on!

Meanwhile, Obama is weakening our nuclear aresenal ...

While we wait for World War III to unfold at the hands of Iran, it appears our Commander-in-Chief is doing his very best to even the playing field.

What Mr. Obama wants to kill specifically is the Reliable Replacement Warhead, which the Bush Administration supported over Congressional opposition, and which Mr. Obama now opposes despite the support of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the military. Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told us this week that "we do need a new warhead." When we asked about Mr. Obama's views on the warhead, the Admiral said, "You would have to ask him."