[america4vr]

Let's deal with reality here. The better we know what we're up against the more effectively we can devise a strategy to have the wiliest motley crew of scurrilous ne'er-do-wells to fly the Jolly Roger hung by their own petard.

The Three M's of the Apocalypse, the Mad Mullahs of Mayhem

They've managed one political success after another, Hezbollah in Lebanon, terror bombings against the US and Israel, military interventionism in Iraq to a stunning degree. They deserve the most grudging of credit for their wily ways having achieved regional superpower status by leveraging a mediocre geo-political hand into a threat to be reckoned with.

The world is indeed intimidated by Iran's capacity at mischief-making armed only with conventional weaponry. the mere suggestion that it will soon acquire nuclear capacity is enough to make the hair on the back of necks britstle with terror. They have indeed cornered us and we had better find a way NIE report or not, to lead all of Iran's Mullahs straight to the gallows.

[Scythian]

We’re a bunch of wimps, plain and simple, that’s the only reason they still exist.

[samtheman]

We really got hoodwinked. My question is, who is behind it?

[SolidWood]

If America chickens out of this fight, Israel is the last hope. With Olmert and ilk it’s not really a comfortable thought.

[DoughtyOne]

Two words for you... JIMMY CARTER!

How this louse could destablize the world through his policies, is legendary.

Iran, Panama, Korea, Taiwan, Mainland China...

And I’ll bet we don’t know the half of it.

It took four years for this man to work most of his magic, all against the interests of the United States and the greater world community at large.

And still he rises up to spout off even today. Never was one so inept lofted to such a position. And this to our eternal shame. Look at the persecution, deaths and future wars this man ushered in.

[RC2]

Our country is only boxed in by the media. If we don’t want to be “boxed” in we won’t be. That’s a bunch of hype..........or, it’s our government being afraid to stand up for what our people believe.

[ryan71]

“...the United States has scant options even if it were to reverse course and engage Tehran, experts say.”

PC way of saying we’ve fxxxked ourselves.

[RC2]

Remember one thing about Iran’s military. At one time they were rated as the third most powerful military in the world. The fourth was Iraq and Iraq kicked their butts. We all know how powerful the Iraqi military was.....non-existant. Iran’s military has the world fooled. All they have is numbers. Their equipment is not much better than WWII equipment but they have a lot of it.

[Brilliant]

Bush wasn’t planning to do anything about it anyway, but the Dems have done him the great favor of assuming the responsibility for a do-nothing policy. Now he won’t have to take the heat when it blows up in our faces. He can just say “I told you so.”

[Caleb1411]

[jveritas]

Analysts are almost always wrong, in particular when predicting what President Bush will do. He will do what is right for the country and prevent the terrorist regime in Tehran from further enriching uranium which is the key ingredient to make the nuclear weapons, and he will do it by any means necessary to achieve the goal.

[Robe]

Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable;
when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we
are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away;
when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

SUN TZU ON THE ART OF WAR

[bpjam]

And boxed in is exactly where the pinkos in State wanted Bush. And Bush apparently pawned his balls at some point and is afraid to even acknowledge that he is getting beaten up by bureaucrats who couldn’t fight their way out of a paper bag.

[RightWhale]

The horse was dead last week within about 48 hours and now the story is the analysts who are beating the dead horse.

[G8 Diplomat]

The Three M's of the Apocalypse, the Mad Mullahs of Mayhem

Thank you Jimmy Carter.

[ctdonath2]

In the world of military intelligence and international diplomacy, very little of what is really going on need be exposed to the world at large. These news items are probably just part of the game, and our approval or outrage is being played as part of a larger, unrevealed, strategy.