I hope Iran takes Abbasi's advice. I don't think the rot Abbasi describes is nearly far enough along. More importantly, Bush, Blair and Howard are not Chamberlain and Daladier.

Politically as well, the President would welcome a "brief military clash". Nothing bucks up poll ratings like a "brief military clash".

And nothing toppels a dictatorship faster than getting smoked in a brief military clash. Isn't that right, General Galtieri?

Especially a war that's supposed to be a walkover because the enemy is a "toothless old lion" on the other side of the world. A war whose undertaking is supposed to distract the people at home, by exploiting their patriotism, to shore up a regime that's about to fall on its own.

This is more evidence that Islamic policy is not only based on fantasy that even the Realists would reject, but an astounding ignorance of history and their opponents.

(Then again, Persia has always been the burr under the saddle of Greco-Roman civilization.)

This is an excellent illustration of how the peace-creeps are actually the war-mongerers.

Totalitarians and/or fanatics look at us and they see Cindy Sheehan. They monitor our MSM and imagine that 2,000 fatalities* over two years is something thay would make us sneak away. Not understanding free speech, they are thus enabled to imagine that we are made of sugar-candy.

They should study the history of the cold war, and how we held the nuclear trigger tightly for all those years before they convince themselves that anything they may do will make us go away.

*The "2,000" figure includes not only KIA's but also non-combat losses such as traffic accidents.

"This is more evidence that Islamic policy is not only based on fantasy that even the Realists would reject, but an astounding ignorance of history and their opponents."

That may be so, but he certainly has the Democraps nailed.

May be fantasy, but he certainly has the Democraps nailed.

you got that right.

hey! that's my jello...ouch! ok, you keep it.

Once they initiate contact, we will not let them go until a new regime is in place. Hopefully only the hard core elements of the iranian army will be annihilated.

I don't think we should take them on, let them make the 1st move - it's a "there they go again" moment.

HOw can you reason -- keep the process going -- with talk like that?

They can't stand being ignored. Banging away on the high chair ike Kimmee.

You look at this and you think, 'what is it about us that keeps attracting these bozos, begging for a fight, one after another?'

Of course, what it is that attracts them is the damn 'let's squabble amongst ourselves while they hit us again and again' Democrats.

Raoul, when reality must conform to your ideology, you end up with rather rude awakenings. It happened to the Soviets, it will happen to the Islamists. I just hope it happens sooner than later, as less people end up getting killed then and the others don't have so far to climb to get upright. (See, Union, Soviet and Russia currently - ouch!)

War.