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August 10, 2007
Watch Cheney On Iran
Well folks, our beloved vice president is at it again. It seems the rumors of Dick Cheney's political demise have been greatly exaggerated, and that he is once again, according to McClatchy News, agitating for military action against Iran.
Apparently Cheney is dubious of using diplomacy in dealing with Iran (gee, does this sound familiar), and believes Iran's meddling in Iraq, should "hard new evidence" of Iranian involvement there emerge, must be met with U.S. military strikes against Iran. Hmm... hard new evidence, huh? Given what passed for hard evidence in the lead-up to the Iraq War, we'd be awfully curious to know where the evidence bar will be set with Iran.
Unlike the Iraq situation, however, apparently this time both Secretary of State Condi Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are opposed to military action against Iran. Bet Cheney's missing his old pal Rummy right about now, though he was able to steamroll Colin Powell last go-round, so don't count him out just yet.
So stay tuned. Expect increasingly bellicose rhetoric from the Bush Administration toward Tehran in the coming days, as the saber-rattling escalates. We as Americans, however, must exercise our civic duty and hold both our elected officials and the news media to account in demanding and scrutinizing any "hard evidence" against Iran that may (or may not) emerge.
Our war-weary, cash-strapped nation simply cannot afford another quagmire in the Middle East.
Posted by houtopia at August 10, 2007 02:48 PM