LBJ would say he was trying to teach that little SOB Ho Chi Minh a lesson without starting World War III--to the great delight of Mao who found the idea amusing.
China is brokering North Korea's missile aid to Iran but China's way is not direct involvement:
Russia can aid Iran's nuclear program--including providing the air defense for the sites--but will not jeopardize its various economic interests by acting out.
Indeed "When the satellites are tasked" may be substituted for the Rolling Stones' "When The Bullet Hits the Bone"--
It isn't productive for the administration to revisit the Axis of Evil rhetoric at this time, but the U.S. sale of JDAMs to Israel indicates contingency plans are being prepared.
Preemption is an integral principle of the War on Islamofascist Terror:
