But mainly it's the threatening statements being made against Iran as a result of its nuclear program.

OPEC is not part of the misunderstanding between Iran and the Western democracies.

A strike at Iran, they warn, would at best just delay its nuclear program by a few years but could inflame international opinion against the United States, particularly in the Muslim world and especially within Iran, while making US troops in Iraq targets for retaliation.

We have to prepare for the worst, and the worst is war.

Have you ever noticed that when anyone criticizes the State of Israel, they seem always to make clear, by saying at least a couple of times, that "I support Israel" or "I am a supporter of Israel." What exactly does it mean to support Israel? Does it mean that we support its right to exist? Or that we may criticize the government but support the Israeli people? If so, then why don't we ever hear it said, when criticizing Iran or North Korea, that "I support Iran" or "I am a supporter of Iran?"

We need Iran to use maximum transparency because there are a lot of question marks about its program. They need to be assured that they can use nuclear power for electricity, but the international community needs to be assured that the Iran program is exclusively for peaceful purposes.