Weigh in-- Is Bush going to strike Iran?

[Preechr]

Projecting power isn't always a precursor to actual war. I think it's pretty clear Iran wants no part of a direct shooting war with us. I think it's also very clear at this point that Iran isn't taking diplomacy seriously. We cannot allow them to stall until they get a nuke put together, and they're pretty much admitting that's what they're doing when they adamantly claim the right to do so and refuse to stop their nuclear enrichment programs. Unlike Saddam's Iraq, they have no real enemies in the Middle East they need to bluff with lies about their capabilities.

We would need ships there to enforce sanctions, right? Naval forces can also be useful in stopping SCUDS coming in from N Korea. There are many non-war reasons we could be mobilizing a naval strike group, intimidation being only one of them.