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I might have been less skeptical about Iranian nuke claims a few years ago had there actually been WMDs found in Iraq and the subsequent occupation there had been better thought out, but skepticism is what you face after telling a fibber and handling things incompetently. I've heard some analysts say Iran is 5-10 years away from possession of nukes: what’s the hurry to start dropping bombs? The sad thing is, the Iranian population is generally young and has Western leanings that could be nurtured with time and diplomacy instead of warfare. But nope, might as well screw up that too.
I have no faith in Bush’s ability to either understand what is going on, tell us the truth about the situation, or successfully deal with the aftermath of any sort of bombing campaign. The Iranians are not going to sit, quietly pacified, afterwards. Expect much more trouble to be stirred up in Iraq (or elsewhere) if this happens with more dead U.S. troops as a result.
Regional war, anyone?
