Oh No, Not Again!

Here we go with Iran again. Now the furor is that the Israeli’s are planning to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities if either the Iranians mass enough enriched uranium to build a bomb or acquire a Russian missile system. The concern of course is that the U.S. will be blamed for either supporting the Israeli decision, or even urging them on, and will catch as much, if not more, hell from the Muslim world and the Iranians.

Supposedly these milestones could be reached before the end of 2008 and, another factor, would be the Israeli desire to act while a known friendly administration is in the White House.

This is bad enough but, given that the current President is a complete moron, there is real concern that, despite his military advisors telling him it’s insane, Bush could decide to strike instead because the U.S. could probably make a more complete job of it.

WTF ever happened to getting a declaration of war before committing American forces to an act of war? I can understand the need to respond in defense, but to attack a country when there is no evidence of immediate danger is contrary to international law and common decency. An attack on Iran, without congressional approval, would be even more illegal than the invasion of Iraq.

This is God damn ridiculous. My support for Israel has always been a bit tenuous because I believe that the Palestinians have a case as well, but an attack an Iran might evaporate it all together.