Not to be a wise a$$, but I can’t resist – Very few Americans are at war. Most are out shopping.

MB4 on October 17, 2007 at 9:22 PM

In a price war?

We are already in the middle of WWIII. It’s called the world wide war on terror.

csdeven on October 17, 2007 at 2:15 PM

Not to be a wise a$$, but I can’t resist – Very few Americans are at war. Most are out shopping.

Isn’t that obvious?

Nothing to see here. Carry on.

….counterbalance the Israeli threat to world peace.

Andy in Agoura Hills on October 17, 2007 at 1:30 PM

What threat would that be ? Do you consider the United States a threat to world peace also ? The last time I checked the Israelis were the good guys and doing all they can to keep that part of the world in check thereby keeping the peace. They are the only true democracy in the region.

The aggressors and threat to world peace have alway been the Arab states surrounding Israel, constantly proclaiming they want to drive Israel into the sea.

“Israeli threat to world peace” is something I would expect to hear in the U.N. general assembly or over at Kos, but not here.

What exactly do you mean by that ?

WWIII started years ago.

NTWR on October 17, 2007 at 1:49 PM

I thought the Cold War was the de facto WWIII actually.

And the struggles we are facing right now could lead up to WWIV…

But don’t we have to take our chances with Mahmoud? After all, the doctrine of pre-emptive war has been proven a spectacular failure

Yeah, as Saddam’s tanks drove the 3rd Infantry across the Euphrates and out of “Baghdadgrad” – we all knew that Uday and Qusay would inherit a mighty kindgom. The Ba’ath Party waves it’s triumphant banners high!

AQI is so successful that they have started to divert resources to ever increasing attacks on US soil, the complete domination of the Philipines, the Indian routed from Kashmir….

Wow Bush is going to isolate Iran.

GOOD GOING MR.PRESIDENT.. WAY TO TAKE ACTION.

That will take care of it!

VinceP1974 on October 17, 2007 at 4:01 PM

One step at a time Vince, one step at a time. Granted I wish he would step a little faster, but lets dot our I’s and cross our T’s, then bomb the terrorists hugging buggers back to the stone age.

GOOD GOING MR.PRESIDENT.. WAY TO TAKE ACTION.

That will take care of it!

doriangrey on October 17, 2007 at 3:43 PM

in addition to them, there is the fringe/paranoid RP/lew rockwell crowd. Some of which voted for Bush and are evangelical Christians entertaining that view.

the “offensive war” and “pre-emptive war” framing has been twisted to a dangerous degree. People beleive countries like Iran and Iraq never attacked the US and we weren’t “Just” in taking down Saddam because of it. Which is NOT what they meant by pre-emptive, all Bush ever meant was that we had to stop them from getting a nukes and then giving to terrorist, which gives them plausible deniability on world stage. We’ve always been “Just” and within our rights to attack Iraq or Iran now, they’ve been in a state of war with us for decades and have attacked us.

Andy in Agoura Hills on October 17, 2007 at 1:19 PM

I’m inclined to agree with you about the American left, btw beautiful country out there in Agoura, always reminds me of Israel whenever I am there.

Iran has attacked us, we’ve been in a state of War with them since 1979 when they declared war on us and attacked american soil. Plus they use their puppet army, hezzbollah, to attack us often over the years.

jp on October 17, 2007 at 3:38 PM

The problem is that the defeatocrats and the hate America first crowd see this all as justified retribution for American imperialism. For them no attack including a nuclear attack here in the continental United States would justify any American response.

How could we possibly attack Iran unless they attacked someone first?

Enrique on October 17, 2007 at 1:55 PM

Please don’t assume that the first attack will be against Israel, I hope you are not willing to bet the lives of your loved ones on that statement.

I wonder how much aerosolized dust will end up in the atmosphere from a regional nuclear war.

PRCalDude on October 17, 2007 at 2:30 PM

D@mn it now I am going to have to send the black helicopters after you for exposing the evil republican plot to combat global warming……

E L Frederick (Sniper One) on October 17, 2007 at 1:55 PM

now yes, down the road maybe not so much. Time will tell.

We are already in the middle of WWIII. It’s called the worl wide war on terror. The problem is that the US is the only country that has any thing to lose. EVERYONE wants to see the last super-power to be beaten by the Islamofascists.

csdeven on October 17, 2007 at 2:15 PM

Yup, pretty much the truth right there.

And they add that if “he even attempts something like that, he is fair game.” (Say the previous sentence with a righteous nutroot crazy voice.) Every time I go over there, I lose IQ points!

lan astaslem on October 17, 2007 at 1:41 PM

For once I think the nutroots have it right. I don’t think anyone wants another four years of El Presidente Jorge W. Boosh at the helm.

I’m glad he’s out in ’08… Time for someone new.

It’s not that they want Iran to have the bomb; it’s that if it’s a choice between that and the catastrophic risk it entails versus an attack ordered by a Republican president, well, they’ll take their chances with ol’ Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

But don’t we have to take our chances with Mahmoud? After all, the doctrine of pre-emptive war has been proven a spectacular failure. How could we possibly attack Iran unless they attacked someone first?

It’s so stupid. Then he said he is going to sprint to the finish and you can find him at Crawford. He clearly has fun at the expense of the unhinged.