Wasn't Iran one of Bush's trio of evil?
Exactly...Bush hasn't been downplaying anything...I know there are some, even conservatives like Michael Ledeen that wish he would have done more before now...
But, I think his thinking has been...that there are enough young people in Iran that want to change that country...and with a democratized Iraq next door, will feel more "safe" and less "threatened"...it will give them more impetus to have their own revolution..
With America's help, of course...but, it hasn't quite gotten to that point...
Then, when that nitwit Alshamejad (sp) got elected...the rhetoric has heated up to the point that faster action seems inevitable...
BUT, I hardly would say that Bush has ignored, or down played anything.....unless, like the dems, you haven't been paying attention.