I don't want this war either but the mullahs call the shots there and they don't have much of a reputation for moderation or diplomacy. Iran is THE state sponsor of Hezbollah, already at war with Israel and the west. The latter will just continue to wait for the mullah's to announce their accession to the nuclear club and do nothing and we know the former is prone to take action, if possible. If left on it's current path, a nuclear capable Iran, already threatening the west's oil supply, will push it to the brink and we will have our nuclear war on their terms. Do you really want to wait for that? Western businesses, Pakistan, Russia, and China, have already provided all the technology and expertise needed to give Iran what it wants. Western diplomacy is impotent. Through Hezbollah, Iran is already at war. What is left?

I don't want it either, but it's likely, so we need to prepare as a nation. Pray for an assasin's bullet to take Ahmadinejad out before the doo doo hits the fan. That would save everybody a lot of trouble.

Some bloggers are licking their chops over this one.

Hopefully, Israel will take care of this for me, because I'm just not up for this.

Short of using their own nukes, I think Israel would have done this already if they had the conventional means at hand. This is just too far and too large for them to do with a high degree of success. We're not talking about one or two targets but possibly dozens of targets, many hardened and buried. To use aircraft for this mission they will have to fly through airspace we control or take a long detour through Turkish airspace and then return home. The Iranian president is more of a spokesman for the mullahs than a policy maker so eliminating him is meaningless in the final outcome. However his bold speech reflects the mood of mullahs or at least the ones he feels the need to impress. This will take a collective effort in the west and neither Europe or the U.S. appears sufficiently united on the issue or how to handle it.

From what I've been reading, the Iranian president is scaring the crap out of some of the mullahs too. They think him a religious extremist.
I read these things, cross my fingers that Israel comes through, then go play another game of Jewel Quest.

The big worry to me is the fact, hardly reported in the U.S. media, that the mullahs and chavez in Venezuela are getting very close. The two countries have just signed a $1-billion agreement for Iran to build factories in Venezuela and to provide the expert technicians to operate them. What the factories are to make is unspecified.

chavez has said in the past he wants a nuke. Suppose this agreement would allow Iran to build nukes in Venezula? And more of the missiles Iran already has? A missle base in Venezuela would threaten the entire US.

And of course fidel castro would have to get some missles, too.

Hatred of the US is not confined to the Middle East. It's a very grave situation.