Prophetic Or Predictable?
January 15th, 2006 at 4:37 pm by CrankyVictor Davis Hanson, in his latest writing at National Review discusses the Iran situation as it takes shape.
As usual, the essay is outstanding. Pay particular attention to this prediction on the political fallout should the United States need to step in.
Politically, the administration would have to vie with CNN’s daily live feeds of collateral damage that might entail killed Iranian girls and boys, maimed innocents, and street-side reporters who thrust microphones into stretchers of civilian dead. The Europeans’ and American Left’s slurs of empire and hegemony would only grow.
I’m already sickened in advance.
As if on que, France is asking for a slow down in all this “sanction” talk (via Ace). Look, I’m not always beating the drums for war. But I don’t think there is a diplomatic answer which will prevent Iran from creating nuclear weapons.
What are the solutions? I believe Europe could, by default, live with an armed Iran. Sure it’s troubling, but really, what is it to us?
If the stakes weren’t so high, I would love for the U.S. to say, “This nuance you speak of, let’s give it a try, eh?”
January 15th, 2006 at 7:17 pm
Where’s the Democrap leadership in all of this? I went scrounging for quotes on Iran this morning and could not find where Dean, Pelosi or Reid were talking about it at all.
Too concerned with fighting Alito than the Atomic Ayatollahs they are.
January 16th, 2006 at 12:08 am
Quel Suprise! The French Pussy Out…
Remind me to not be shocked the next time I was actually expecting some strength from our French allies and they fold faster than, well…the French army in 1939. Sheesh:
Foreign Ministry spokesman Jean-Baptiste Mattei, said France’s priorit…