Myopic Middle East expert, surrender enthusiast and leftie prof. Juan Cole asks over at Salon, "Did the U.S. just provoke Iran?" Well, yeah. You need to ask? But don't expect Iran to rise to the bait. The mullahs like war. They just don't like to fight. They like other people to do it for them.
Cole proceeds to talk about what a great idea the raid in Irbil was and how it helped Bush in many quarters. But he concludes it was a near disaster because some people were momentarily piqued and someone might have gotten shot or something.
Meanwhile, it's done tremendous damage to our relations with the Iranians. They summoned the Swiss to complain! Otherwise, so far, they're taking it quietly. Too bad. US vs Iran, guess who loses. US vs Iranian proxies, ditto. Iran understands it is entering a very dangerous period right now in which it may actually face consequences for the murder, hatred and chaos it has sown.
Saturday, January 13, 2007
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Provocation? No.
Response? Yes ;->
Well,
Iran's pal China might just stop lending America money if we don't behave...and America's economy collapses.
Or Iran's pal Hugo might just stop selling America oil if we don't behave...and America's economy collapses.
Bush and his cabal of violent morons has made America quite vulnerable...many countries can destroy us without firing a shot these days.
.and America's economy collapses.
Followed by theirs.
Smart. Tough. I got $1,000 says it don't happen. If you're confident enough in this scenario, take my money.
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