Iran May Reconsider NPT Membership

Iran is at it again with their cheat and retreat game. They are going to use the 'threat of withdrawal' from the NPT as a way to make the world cave into their demands. The fact is that Iran is already lying and cheating under the rules, and the world has no firm idea of just how advanced Iran's nuclear weapons program truly is.

This latest effort is just another way for Iran to get exactly what it wants.

UPDATE:
Iran's doing a whole lot more than reconsidering the NPT. They're firing up their gas centrifuges, which are a crucial step in enriching nuclear materials. As the Telegraph notes:

Iran’s controversial Natanz uranium processing plant has successfully restarted the sophisticated equipment that could enable it to produce material for nuclear warheads, according to reports received by Western intelligence.

In the past few days Iranian nuclear scientists have reportedly restarted four of the centrifuges required to produce weapons-grade uranium, and have begun feeding them with uranium hexafluoride (UF6) gas, a key component in the production of nuclear bombs.

This crucial development follows Iran’s decision to withdraw its co-operation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna after the body decided last week to refer Iran to the United Nations Security Council.

Iranian officials have moved quickly to obstruct the work of the UN nuclear inspectors still working in the country’s nuclear facilities.

Let me repeat this for those who are too dense to understand the meaning of this.

Iran wants nuclear weapons. They're starting up the very equipment necessary to enrich uranium to weapons' grade (which Iran happened to get through the AQ Khan/Pakistan network). And they're going to get nuclear weapons unless someone, anyone, stops them.

Yet the world still thinks like they've got all the time in the world to make a last minute diplomatic solution. I'm not sure how or why the diplomats think that they can somehow dissuade Iran from going nuclear, but Iran will likely disabuse them of their notions much as Pakistan, India, and North Korea have done before Iran - going nuclear when no one expected them to.

UPDATE:
Take with a grain of salt: The Telegraph says that the US is planning a "last resort" strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. Should this really be that surprising? The DoD wouldn't be doing its job if they weren't planning for all manner of contingencies, including dealing with a soon-to-be-nuclear Iran.