Perhaps the worse kept secret in the Middle East is Iran's nuclear intentions. Since it was revealed, over 2 years ago, that Iran was conducting secret nuclear research the US and Europe have tried, to no avail, to put an end to the Iranian program.

Since the existence of Iran's research was revealed, the Mullahs of Tehran have assured critics and contemporaries alike that their program was solely for peaceful power production, which defies logic.

Why would Iran invest billions in power production when it has one of the world's largest reserves of oil and natural gas? Why would Iran invest billions in a clandestine "peaceful" program?

Iran has consistenly obstructed the diplomatic process and its own officials have admitted that their strategy is primarily designed to buy time rather than a genuine effort to resolve the crisis. Even Russia, Iran's most vocal supporter on the UN Security Council, has stated as much.

If Iran acquires an indigenous nuclear capability it will most certainly proliferate. Before long other radical regimes and organizations will acquire this capability, ensuring generations of war and possibly the deaths of millions. The Iranians have all but admitted as much.

Just this week an Iranian official in Sudan told his Sudanese hosts that the Iranian regime would share its nuclear technology with other nations...when will the world recognize this danger for what it is? Compared to this crisis, oil prices are nothing more than spilled milk.