[odds]

Iran is not the Soviet Union. "Covert" ops won't be sufficient in Iran either. Iran also is not Iraq for Israel to bomb as they did w/ Osirak, and be done with it. Besides, since Gingrich has already put the "covertly" on the table, it won't be "covert", will it... Gingrich should also remember that Iranian authorities will blame the US & Israel for anything that goes wrong or threatens their regime, as they've always done. Funnily, the mullahs blaming Israel & US for all that goes wrong in Iran has often meant that the other side takes the credit for it. So, it ends up reinforcing the Mullahs' rhetoric on US/Israel being the all powerful, bad guys.

End of the day, one must do what must be done. Glad the lead up to any upcoming events is not in the name of democracy, humanitarian aid, or similar nonsense we heard regarding Libya, for example. We are all paying for Carter et al's myopic & dumb decisions of supporting the 'revolution' & Khomeini 32 yrs ago in Iran. Learning from history & not replacing the current regime in Iran w/ an "Islamic-lite" one, hopefully, will be part of the lesson. But, somehow, I don't think so.

[apoliticalone]

The Iranian people are not the Iranian regime, but they will become it if they are ever attacked, just as Americans would become one if we are ever attacked. Sanctions are the way to go, not war. Let covert actions, time and sanctions change the Iranian people.

I also believe that if Israel attacks Iran they must understand that American goodwill has limits and it stops at $6 gas, and if the straits are closed or oil fields damaged it will go much higher. Americans are also tired of having our youth serving as sacrificial pit bulls for other countries.

We need to get out of the Middle East and let the players there do what they wish with each other. It is their problem, and we have more than enough of our own.

But first we need to require that all oil and gas from the USA stay in the USA and not be sent to the highest bidders from Asia. If we lost the ME oil supply and we retained all our oil and gas we’d do fine.