Don't Go Into The Light

Yesterday, Iran anounced the successful enrichment of uranium:

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the enrichment success Tuesday in a nationally televised ceremony, saying the country's nuclear ambitions are peaceful and warning the West that trying to force Iran to abandon enrichment would "cause an everlasting hatred in the hearts of Iranians."

As if we didn't have it already, thanks to years of conditioning from the Iranian government. The ceremony featured the passing around of samples of enriched uranium:

To show how serious and responsible about nuclear power they are, some of those samples were placed in the hands of dancers - that's right, dancers:

In light of all the statements by Ahmadinejad and the rest of his government in recent months, the dancers look out of place against the doves and blue sky. Indeed, they remind one of images like these:

The symbolism is the same, except that Iran isn't using rifles...

Alexandra says we are "Out of Time" (a must read, BTW). Perhaps. I'd like to think there may yet be time - provided we don't get blinded by the doves and flowers. Otherwise, the next glitzy presentation from Tehran may show us how late it really is.

Update (3:10 PM 25APR06): Welcome American Thinker readers (and thanks to J.R. Dunn for the link)! Please feel free to look around while you're here!