And if we can ride out another ten years through a diplomatic approach to solving Iran's nuclear crisis, then that country's demography also points to an entirely new beginning just over the horizon.
The announcement comes days after talks between Iran and major powers over the nuclear crisis failed to make progress.
Perpetuating the current crisis over Iran's nuclear program therefore makes good business sense.
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has warned that a crisis involving a nuclear Iran is in the "foreseeable future".
In the midst of the international crisis over Iran's nuclear program, journalist Ted Koppel spent three weeks speaking with people around that country.
This represents a real threat to the U.S. If Iran goes nuclear the chances of facing a crisis similar to the 1962 Cuban crisis is higher.
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President Obama just landed in Israel for a two-day trip, and two national security issues dominate the agenda: the nuclear showdown with Iran and the growing crisis with Syria.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Saudi Arabia for talks with Saudi and Gulf Arab officials expected to focus on the crisis in Syria and fears about Iran's nuclear program.
Talking about the Cold War, the crisis today that could attain the magnitude of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis is, of course, Iran's fulfilling its nuclear ambitions.
"The developments in the Arab world and the crisis in the West's relations with Iran over the nuclear program has resulted in Afghanistan being relegated into a secondary issue for the U.S. and the West, " read one editorial in 8-Subh, the country's largest private newspaper, last month.
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He cited a number of principles a new government will embrace: security, preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, economic responsibility in the face of the global financial crisis, increasing equality in sharing burdens and lowering the cost of living, including the cost of apartments.
He cited a number of principles a new government will embrace: security, preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, economic responsibility in the face of the global financial crisis, diplomatic responsibility, increasing equality in sharing burdens, and lowering the cost of living, including the cost of apartments.
As former military leaders and foreign policy officials, we call on the Bush administration to engage immediately in direct talks with the government of Iran without preconditions to help resolve the current crisis in the Middle East and settle differences over the Iranian nuclear program.
The continuing crisis in Syria, Iran's closest ally in the Arab world, and the near-failed nuclear talks with the West could potentially make Iran vulnerable for a military attack.
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