The announcement of Iran’s secret nuclear plant appears fully scripted, even Iran’s part in the drama. Really severe sanctions would not be in the interest of Russia or China and there is really nothing that Obama could offer them to get them to go along. So when Obama, Britain’s PM and France’s President all step up and make that kind of threats against Iran like they did in public, they must know exactly what will happen. Unlike Bush, who only cared about the swagger of the moment and didn’t care how stupid he looked the next day. You can bet that Iran has already agreed to the outcome and Russia and China have blessed the deal.
The right-wing web sites are claiming Obama was caught by surprise but this runs counter to reports that the US has known about this reactor for some time. This would be consistent with rumors of a reactor that Israel intended to attack a year ago. The bombing campaign went out the window with Russia’s invasion of Georgia. The Russian’s behavior seemed a bit odd with their troops wandering about and blowing things up before they left. It seems that what they were taking care to destroy was Israeli Air Force equipment that had be pre-positioned for an extended air campaign against Iran. Tehran is just a quick hop from old Soviet air bases in southern Georgia with a hundred F-15s.
Bush had amassed a four carrier fleet to back up Israel but the Russians wouldn’t go along. Sarah Palin could see the Russian bombers from her porch. It’s not clear just how close Chuckle-nutz brought us to WWIII. The Israelis fell all over themselves to make nice with the Russians immediately afterwards, they seemed to have had some idea they had stepped in it. You shouldn’t mess with the Bear just because some pretend cowboy says he looked into his soul. Bush’s October surprise fizzled and the sun rising didn’t silhouette Dick Cheney’s mushroom cloud after all.
Obama seems to have things under control so far. It’s nice to have a Commander in Chief who isn’t an idiot. Maybe we can.
The right-wing web sites are claiming Obama was caught by surprise but this runs counter to reports that the US has known about this reactor for some time. This would be consistent with rumors of a reactor that Israel intended to attack a year ago. The bombing campaign went out the window with Russia’s invasion of Georgia. The Russian’s behavior seemed a bit odd with their troops wandering about and blowing things up before they left. It seems that what they were taking care to destroy was Israeli Air Force equipment that had be pre-positioned for an extended air campaign against Iran. Tehran is just a quick hop from old Soviet air bases in southern Georgia with a hundred F-15s.
Bush had amassed a four carrier fleet to back up Israel but the Russians wouldn’t go along. Sarah Palin could see the Russian bombers from her porch. It’s not clear just how close Chuckle-nutz brought us to WWIII. The Israelis fell all over themselves to make nice with the Russians immediately afterwards, they seemed to have had some idea they had stepped in it. You shouldn’t mess with the Bear just because some pretend cowboy says he looked into his soul. Bush’s October surprise fizzled and the sun rising didn’t silhouette Dick Cheney’s mushroom cloud after all.
Obama seems to have things under control so far. It’s nice to have a Commander in Chief who isn’t an idiot. Maybe we can.