A cheerful forecast, Ron! ;-) I like it. The great thing about politicians is...they're all temporary.

Now, why the heck would Iran even want a nuclear bomb? I can think of only one good reason: as a deterrent to the USA attacking them. It works for North Korea.

And why would the USA want other people to think Iran wants a nuclear bomb? So the USA has an excuse to attack Iran. Same excuse as with Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction!

And how stupid do those in government in the USA think their (general) public is? I think the answer to that would be...very, very stupid!   Colossally stupid. Stupid beyond any conceivable measure of unimaginable couch-potatoe stupidity. Let's make that..."just plain stupid". I think that's the theory the government goes on, judging by its standard rhetoric.