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While most of Our Readers Who Comment this morning are decrying the sad state of the Washington Redskins, the other story drawing significant comments is Iran's announcement that it has test-fired at least two short-range missiles.

As Walter Pincus and Karen DeYoung write, this comes at a time when "Obama administration officials said they had the international support necessary to impose crippling sanctions if Tehran does not stop construction on a new uranium-enrichment plant and allow immediate inspections."

The combination of Iranian missiles and nukes has set off a sometimes disturbing debate among our readers, with several comments suggesting U.S. concerns about Iran are really about supporting Israel and asking why we should do that. Several also express concerns that the Obama Administration's response will be nothing but talk.

We'll start with MaximilianX, who wrote, "...The U.N. has a huge discussion on the fact that Iran is developing weapons- nuclear in particular and weapons just in general... and Iran's response is to fire more missiles? Am I the only one who believes this behavior is a lot like that of a spoiled child? Of course, the q... >>>