Weigh in-- Is Bush going to strike Iran?

[KevinTheOmnivore]

I don't think he will, for a host of reasons. You might be right, it might all be posturing.

I don't think we should attack, but their president makes it increasingly difficult. He speaks of peace and friendship, and then says more things in hope of antagonizing Israel into a war. I think he is eqaully sincere when he says 1. Can't the U.S. and Iran just be friends?, and 2. Israel should be destroyed.

What REALLY isn't helpful is that the international community is now backing down on sanctions, probably out of fear of China. So now the U.S. has even less leverage, because nations such as France decided it wasn't important enough.

"Muschariff sating that we threatened to bomb him back to the stone age if he didn't become an allie... not helping."

Yeah, it's kind of funny that this comes out right when he has a book deal with Simon & Schuster. I'm guessing Armitage did say something to this effect, and would it be such a surprise? Following 9/11, would it be a surprise to see us invade Pakistan, especially since their north-western region is practically Taliban country? Would anyone have objected to an invasion of Afghanistan and Pakistan at the time?