James Robbins, Translated

James Robbins' piece on why we need to make certain that Iran cannot acquire nukes essentially boils down to one thing:

We cannot let the Iranians acquire nukes because then we will not have the ability to threaten to invade Iran. As Americans, we need to have the unquestioned right to invade these sh***y little countries at will.

Of course, he neglects the other major concern, which is "how do we stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons (if they are truly trying to do so) and what are the potential consequences of trying to stop them?"

Jorge Hirsch is afraid that the administration is preparing for a nuclear attack on Iran. I'll try to post a more thorough analysis of this later. For now, let me say that I am not convinced that Bush would do this, but there are enough neo-crazies out there who I think would like to see something like this that I am not dismissing the possibility.

Definitely there are a number of circumstances that could easily come together to make nuking Iran (or even parts of Iraq) an attractive possibility to those who wish to continue or expand the war. If things get really desperate in Iraq, it may eventually become the only hope for continuing the war.

That is all.