War is Peace

So what really got me thinking about 1984 was not Margaret Atwood's book so much as Colin Powell's statements about Iran. I'm sure you all have heard about this by now...some unverified source apparently tipped US intelligence that Iran is advancing its nuclear weapons capabilities:

If the information on Iran were confirmed, it would mean the Islamic republic is further along than previously known in developing a nuclear weapon and the means to deliver it.

What is that quote about history repeating itself? The second time is tragedy; the third time is farce. The fourth time is dystopic novel? I just feel like we really are in 1984 with its endless war against a shifting yet constant enemy.

My coworker Jeff wrote this morning: "From yellow cake in Africa, to WMD in Iraq the ravenous eye now turns towards Tehran." What rough beast, indeed.