Joe Biden spoke to the Council on Foreign Relations a year ago.

But at its current pace, the NIE concluded that Iran could produce that material no earlier than the end of 2009 – but that this is very unlikely. More likely is that Iran will be capable of making enough material for a bomb sometime between 2010 and 2015.

This means that the answers to the questions I posed are no, war is not inevitable and yes, we can prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. There is still time for diplomatic engagement and economic pressure to work. There is still time to protect our interests without using force.

He then followed up with false choices like attacking Iran meant occupying it and whatnot. He even mentions “reality based community”.

I know he was in campaign mode, but coupled with the missile defense news, it seems that these guys are still in campaign mode regarding Iran.

Time is not a luxury.