Israel on guard against Iran

Iran's recent "election" of hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is clearly not sitting well with the Israelis.

"We must ensure that modern, Western countries don't become hostage to Iran radicalism," [said Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom] adding that "we don't consider them to be democratic elections by any means."

Understandably so.

The overarching issue of concern is, like it has been for some time now, the acquisition of nuclear weapons. Ahmadinejad is insisting, similar to his predecessors, that in order for Iran to progress, it needs to be able to harness the power of nuclear energy.

"We need the peaceful nuclear technology for energy, medical and agricultural purposes and our scientific progress," affirming Iran's decision would not change.

I still don't buy it, and neither does the U.S.

So has anything changed in Iran as a result of this election? Seemingly not.