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January 30, 2005
   
Pundits, experts and guessperts have concluded that Iran is at least three years from having a working nuclear weapon, so the pressure to stop the nuclear program has diminished. The threat of Israel bombing Iran has diminished, although a media frenzy of speculation about an American attack has created the illusion that something along these lines is actually taking place. Europeans are still threatening trade sanctions, but are unlikely to follow through. Unemployment is a big problem in Europe, and the media considers jobs more important than a nuclear armed Iran.