Dear Mr. Buchanan,
You may recall that back in '79 Ayatollah Khomeini and the Iranian theocrats authorized "radical students" (one of whom may well have been the current MFWIC of Iran) to invade US territory (our embassy), and take US citizens hostage. Since that time the Iranians (and their surrogates) have been implicated in the suicide bombing of our Marines in Lebanon, hostage takings in Lebanon, the Pan Am/Lockerbie bombing, and (possibly) the Khobar Towers operation. I bring up these inconvenient historical tidbits to suggest that the Iranians have never shown any hesitancy attacking American citizens and American interests at times and places of their choosing. The Iranian radicals even backed down "Ronaldus Magnus" Reagan, a fact duly noted by Osama Bin Laden. What makes the Iranian theocracy particularly dangerous is that they believe that the "Will of Allah" (as interpreted by the senior Ayatollah) dictates and guides their decisions. Something which makes them infinitely less predictable than the leaders of the former Soviet Union, Kim Jong Il or Hugo Chavez, all of whom could/can be relied on to do what will preserve their personal power. The possession of nuclear weapons by a theocratic regime like Iraq is tantamount to selling WMDs to a Jim Jones or a David Koresh. It is both an intolerable and an unpredictable situation, that transcends any considerations of short term economic impact or partisan political consequence.
For the record, by definition I cannot be a "neocon". I am not a "used to be" liberal who still believes in an expansive Federal government on the domestic side, while supporting an aggressive foreign policy internationally.
but the question is what our government is doing to stop Iranian regime!