28 years ago: Islamic thugs, 52 Americans, no end in sight... Today: no end in sight By Douglas J. Hagmann

Bahrain's crown prince, in interviews to British newspapers published yesterday, said Iran is developing atomic weapons or the capability to do so. This is the first time an Arab state in the Persian Gulf has openly accused Tehran of lying about its contentious nuclear plan, the Times of London said.

"While they don't have the bomb yet, they are developing it, or the capability for it," Sheik Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa told Times correspondents in the Bahrain capital Manama.

Look at the man - Ahmadinejad. Look at the stated objectives of the man and the Islamic country. A quarter-century ago, it was 52 American hostages held by Muslim believers for 444 days. Today, it is the Islamic regime holding Israel, America and non-Muslim states hostage. Their tactics are slightly different, but Ahmadinejad has not changed. His goals, and those in his regime of the annihilation of Israel, the extermination of the Jews, and overall world domination have not changed. Neither has the blindness or wishful thinking by some in our administration that they will.

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