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It's clear Iran considers itself at war with the U.S. Why else would President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last week call for the destruction of both the U.S. and Israel?

This "involvement," of course, is occurring as Iran plunges headlong into developing a nuclear weapon that could irrevocably alter the balance of power in the Mideast and around the world.

On Friday, the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency blandly noted that Iran appears ready to start up 3,000 special centrifuges next month, on its way to networking 54,000 or so to create enough highly enriched uranium to build a nuclear bomb.

Last week, Britain's Telegraph reported that Iranian scientists were present at North Korea's nuclear test in October, and that North Korean scientists are now in Iran helping them prepare for a nuclear test that could take place by year end.

Yet, even as Iran ratchets up the rhetoric, the U.S. is singled out for abuse. The U.N.'s top nuclear watchdog, Mohammed ElBaradei, mildly reproved Iran for its misbehavior, but called the U.S. "bonkers" for sending a second carrier group to the Persian Gulf.

Might the world then merely turn its back if Iran uses a nuclear weapon on Tel Aviv? Or if it explodes a device, a la "24," in a U.S. city? We shudder to think. But we do know this: Now is not the time for complacency or weakness. And no, we're not bonkers. Iran must not get a bomb, and if that means military action, so be it.