No one I know is laughing. That includes me. It's not funny at all. It's deadly serious and has real consequences that we make these grand announcements and accusations but then do nothing about it.
Nor is the Administration jumping to conclusions faster than hot jumping beans.
"jumping to conclusions"? So you need more proof that Iran has been at war with us for 25 years? Again, the issue I have is with us talking about it but not doing anything. Either (1) do something or (2) don't talk about it. Talking about it but not doing anything is the worst thing we could do, because it telegraphs that we won't even fight back against an enemy we acknowledge to be at war with us.
Fortunately formulating strategy is also not in the hands of the armchair generals.
It might as well be if we're going to make these announcements but not do anything.
It might as well be if we're going to make these announcements but not do anything. If GW meant what he said, we should take the offensive to Iran. Doesn't look that way, but it could be that Bush and his insiders are not going to tip their hand this time and give the enemy 6 months to prepare. Also, there are bigger fish in the frying pan than this, and we don't have to labor that point. Certainly the US and Israel have closely coordinated their contingency plans by this late date. (My God, I sure hope so!)
"Talking about it but not doing anything is the worst thing we could do, because it telegraphs that we won't even fight back against an enemy we acknowledge to be at war with us. Let's see, when Iraq attacked the United States by bombing the WTC in 1993, the US did nothing but treat the bombing as a criminal attack and let Iraq off.
When eight Iraqi "false defectors" killed hundreds (177 people?) in Oklahoma City the attack was passed off ENITIRELY by Clinton as a truck bomb attack in the parking lot done by two right wing extremists. As well documented by many, the bomb was too SMALL to have done the damage to the Federal Building that it did. It was also documented that numerous witnesses saw McVeigh and Nichols with these eight Iraqi false defectors.
When HUNDREDS of witnesses saw a missile hit an airliner in 1996, the government said that it was a center fuel tank explosion. That bit of "brilliant" analysis came from none other than Richard Clark out of the White House. You may remember him blaming Bush in the 9/11 hearings.
All of that above is just a theory of course, but it explains WHY
1. Clinton's national security director was stuffing TOP SECRET SPECIAL CATAGORY DOCUMENTS into his underwear while preparing for the 9/11 hearings.
2. WHY ABLE DANGER revelations were slam dunked by the Pentagon.
3. WHY Jamie Gorelick SIMPLY HAD TO BE on the 9/11 Commission. WE can't let the sheeple figure it out even with all these clues, nobody believes it :-)
Even the BUSH administration realizes that the handling of 1990's terrorism in the US by Clinton's lying and coverup is too hot to handle.
I think the probability of Bush responding to attacks on our troops sponsored by Iran is much higher than the coverups that Clinton did to keep the American public from figuring out that Iraq was killing United States Citizens on U. S. soil, but don't bet on Bush doing anything...... Clinton's lies has made the U.S. a paper tiger in Iran's eyes.
Until we get a Reagan type response to Iran, they will keep up the attacks.
There have been no "grand announcements". Iran has been at war with us for 27 years as the USSR was at war with us for 40. Neither case requires an invasion or military action except through proxies at this point.
You keep overlooking the fact that the American people have rejected a foreign policy which takes the fight to our enemies. How do you overcome that fact?