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March 06, 2006

The Neocon Temptation

I'm certainly no fan of Patrick Buchanan, but his comments in the paper this weekend struck me as scarily prescient:

"Were this a financial investment, Iraq would have been written off and our losses cut a long time ago. But for Bush to write it off is to write himself off as a failed president who committed the greatest strategic blunder in U.S. history.

And so the president is now being offered a way out by his neocon counselors: escalate. Take the war to the enemy, as we should have from the beginning. Use U.S. air power to wipe Iran's nuclear facilities off the map. Go all-out for victory. Emulate Lincoln, Churchill, FDR, Truman.

With his poll ratings in the pits, and his party facing almost certain and heavy losses in the fall, Bush may yet yield to the neocon temptation. For unlike LBJ in 1968, he does not seem reconciled to going back to his ranch as a failed president."

Let us pray otherwise...

Posted by Michael on March 6, 2006 03:49 PM

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Pretty amazing statements out of Tehran today:

VIENNA – Iran threatened the U.S. with "harm and pain" on Wednesday for its role in the conflict over Tehran's nuclear program.

"The United States has the power to cause harm and pain," said a statement meant for delivery at the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board as it focused on Tehran's refusal to freeze uranium enrichment. But the United States is also susceptible to harm and pain. So if that is the path that the U.S. wishes to choose, let the ball roll," the statement said.

Looks like a showdown brewing...

Posted by: mismjy1 [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 8, 2006 09:51 AM