W on Iran

[mburbank]

Kev, it was a great diplomatic tool with Iraq, too. Then we invaded them.

Seymore Hersh, a journalist of some track record seems to think W is bent on war on Iran.

I don't think it will happen at this point, by the way, not because I don't think Chenney still wants to, I do. But especially after this NIE release, I think W won't do it becuase of the beyond enormous sentiment against it.

I hope I'm right about that.

And I think you're doing what everyone does with W. "Oh, he can't mean what he said, he just doesn't know very many words real well"

"Iran will be dangerous if they have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon,"
-W

For it to mean what you think it means, 'knowledge' would have to have a different meaning than it does. You think it means "resources, proper material and the acilities dedicated to shifting those resources towards a weaponized program." because that's what a reasonable person would be looking for.

He doesn't think the fact that there were no WMD in Iraq changed the equation at all. Even now.

He doesn't care about anything as practical as the difference between 'knowledge' and 'ability'. He doesn't do metaphor. It isn't me that's literal, it's him, and that's what makes him a loose canon.