A U.S. House Resolution that experts say amounts to an act of war against Iran is quickly gaining speed. H.CON.RES 362 calls on the president to stop shipments of refined petroleum products from reaching Iran and to impose “stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains and cargo entering or departing Iran.”

The resolution has attracted more than 205 cosponsors despite the fact that the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate reports: “We judge with moderate confidence that the earliest possible date Iran would be technically capable of producing enough HEU for a weapon is late 2009, but that this is very unlikely.”

Should we be at all surprised that this administration and Congress are once again ignoring key elements of an intelligence report?