In the meantime, unless Bush and company are working on an additional Security Council Resolution, indicting Iran and Syria for instigating this whole mess, to be presented along with sanctions on Iran regarding their illegal nuclear weapons program, they are missing a bet, and not utilizing their time effectively.
One major benefit Iran and Syria gained from creating this whole mess was reduced attention during the G8 conference.
That decision should come back to haunt them, in spades. Whether a new Resolution passes or fails is immaterial, the point is to make the worm squirm before you put him on the hook, and let the world see what runs out as it is impaled.
Sooner or later, we will confront Iran, unless they confront us first. Failure to lay the all the groundwork possible, ahead of time, will end up costing more American lives in that inevitable conflict.
et me run this up the flag pole.
Bahrain newspaper reported that in Sept. '06, Iran will need to start rationing gasoline, because of their lack of refining capacity. The leaders are concerned with the reaction of the public to this. The Parliament rejects spending more money to subsidize the cost of fuel dur in inflation concerns, inflation there currently running 12.1%. Sooooooo, are they in need of a distraction in their own country, who better than US/Israel to blaim.