[CBart95]

Of all the possible "bottom lines" you choose this?

Disqualify yourself as a "seer". Your deductive reasoning would have us snatching Defeat from the jaws of Victory.

Your first erroneous assumption has the rest of the world playing spectators watching Iran play a game.

That notion is silly and ultimately fatal. Wake up Bozo!

[GonzoGOP]

"Your first erroneous assumption has the rest of the world playing spectators watching Iran play a game. "

This is probably a safe bet depending on what happens in November. The EU is cutting deals with Hamas, and the French won't even fight on their own homeland. Russia and China are selling advanced weapons to anyone who can pay cash. The only Euro with a spine is Blair and he is about to be toppled by internal politics.

Here in the US we are already talking pullout of Iraq and closing Gitmo, thus turning the worst of the terrorists loose. If the Demorats take control of congress in November some have promised to impeach Bush. Even if they fail to throw him out of office he certainly won't be in any position to launch a war against a Nuclear armed nation.

If the attack is launched by terrorists and has plausible deniability then he will probably get away with it. Certainly the UN will pass resolutions stating that Israel blew itself up. And the crowd at Moveon, KOS and DU will claim that the US blew up Israel in order to Wag the Dog for Bush. Remember they have claimed exactly that for 911. And after all everything is Bush's fault. For a group of wack jobs that blamed Tsunamis and Hurricanes on him this is hardly a stretch.