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So many Europeans, really almost as much of the Right as the Left, have all been convinced that the real enemy in the world today is Bush. When Israel was routing the mad mullah's of Iran's proxy army named Hezbollah and about to destroy it, these moral beacons came to the rescue in 2006. Iran won again and learned how easy it was to push the West around. When Iran is caught killing Iraqis, Americans and coalition forces in Iraq, the sophisticated men of Europe claim the neo-Cons and Bush are trying to incite another war. When Iran's savage leadership threatens to annihilate Israel with nuclear weapons, the European pontificaters, in full blown worldly mode, call for negotiations and reason with the terrorists in Tehran. What the Iranians are doing blatantly and brazenly now is no different than what they've been doing for nearly 30 years. The Democrats tie Bush's hands for their own political advantage and give the mullahs a sense that they've got a green light to act out their barbaric ways. The MSM seeks to spread benighted cynicism about the president during a time of war with our lowbrow comics, like Leno, Letterman and others reinforcing the dolts eye view of Bush. Why would Iran think Blair can act or that Bush will be able to either? The West has suffered a huge self-inflicted wound vice a vie Iran for a long time. Russia sells them missiles that kill Israelis civilians and soldiers. Russia sell Iran an air defense system. Iran funds Syria to cause trouble for the West in Lebanon and Iraq.

The answer is obvious but risky. Iran's military infrastructure and military power must be destroyed. All of its air planes, missiles, ammunition depots, ships, training camps, nuclear research facilities, military motor pools, military academies, etc., etc., until Iran poses no danger to any nation and must worry about one thing. How do they hold their own nation together. Anything short of the destruction of Iran's military is only going to delay the inevitable.

The war on terror was to be one that eliminated states that sponsor terror. Terror, however, is the essence of the Iranian state and its relations to the rest of the world.

re: Iran's military infrastructure and military power must be destroyed. All of its air planes, missiles, ammunition depots, ships, training camps, nuclear research facilities, military motor pools, military academies, etc., etc.,

Well said! To get into a position to do this, all at once with little warning, takes time though. And that might just be what's happening during this apparent lull in activity.

As a rule I would think it unlikely they could hide preparations for a strike of this kind from the news hounds. On the other hand they might well have know it would come to this sooner or later and the plans have been worked on ahead time, leaving on the need of actually getting the forces ready to go.

Just like it took us several months to get ready to move into Iraq it's going to take at least days to get enough forces lined up and ready to go to strike that many targets. I sure hope that's what's going on.

You'll have to excuse me though if I reserve the right to be skeptical, very skeptical. Nothing we've done in the last 30 years gives me any hope that we're finally going to put an end to the threat this evil country poses to the entire world.