Who's going to have the political stomach to perform a first strike on Iran? It's not going to happen. If it was possible, it would have happened already. We wouldn't be scraping along in Iraq while the dragon sharpens his claws next door.
This is the same presidency that expressed confidence in Kofi Annan as recently as last week. Once Iran can publicly demonstrate its nuclear capacity, we will be at the same place, if not worse, than North Korea. We're buying time right along with the Iranians. They're going to launch their spy satellite before we're out of Iraq.
"We wouldn't be scraping along in Iraq while the dragon sharpens his claws next door."
We now have US GIs running around on the borders of Iran, and you think this is an indication that we are NOT preparing for the possibility of a first strike?
I think the exact opposite could be said: If we hadn't moved in next door at all, it would indicate that we had no realistic intention of a first strike.
What exactly is it about the fact that we are next door in Iraq that causes you to believe that we are not going to strike first?