Be afraid. Be very afraid.

If anything should convey to Bush that Iran is ready to fight, it's that they couldn't possibly give a fuck about our attempts at sanctions against their nuclear program.

And President Ahmadinejad is right! What sets the US and Europe, and Russia, and India, and China apart from Iran, really? Are they any more responsible with nuclear materials or weapons than Iran? History has proven that is not true. The US is especially guilty. Anyone remember Hiroshima? Nagasaki?

I took a survey this weekend among the informed and politically savvy of my acquaintances, and the consensus seems to be that Bush can definitely get into a war with Iran before the end of his administration. But, fuck! Are you serious?

Congress doesn't even want to send the additional troops to Iraq. The military is overextended (organizationally, politically, strategically) as it is, and there's no way that the rest of the Middle East isn't going to fucking pounce on us if we actually strike Iran.

If Bush believes that he's on a mission from God (his God, not mine, probably not yours) then there's really no reason to think that the logical arguments will carry any weight. And that, in and of itself, is reason to be afraid.