Gates: Iran not close to a nuclear bomb

There seems to be a little confusion among the US military elites about Iran's capacity to build a nuclear bomb. Gates says that Iran is not close to building a bomb so the Obamessiah still has time charm the Muhallacracy into not building nukes. But Adm. Mike Mullen, head of the U.S. military Joint Chiefs of Staff said that Iran presently has enough uranium to build a bomb.

I'm on Mullen's side. Doesn't seem like there's a lot of time left before we see a nuclear armed Muhallacracy. Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran is not close to having a nuclear weapon, which gives the United States and others time to try to persuade Tehran to abandon its suspected atomic arms program, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday.

"They're not close to a stockpile, they're not close to a weapon at this point, and so there is some time," Gates said on NBC television's "Meet The Press."

Gates' comments followed a televised interview with Adm. Mike Mullen, head of the U.S. military Joint Chiefs of Staff, who told CNN's "State of the Union" that he believed Iran has enough fissile material to make a nuclear bomb.

"We think they do, quite frankly," Mullen said.