The Iran situation

How should we deal with Iran? Tough question to say the least.

Iran announced over the weekend that if they are attacked by the US they will unleash battalions of suicide bombers to attack the US and US interests. They put the number at 40,000 that have been trained and are ready to attack.

The question is, can we take them seriously?

From fox news:
Dr. Hassan Abbasi, head of the Centre for Doctrinal Strategic Studies in the Revolutionary Guards, said in a speech that 29 Western targets had been identified: “We are ready to attack American and British sensitive points if they attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.” He added that some of them were “quite close” to the Iranian border in Iraq.

Meanwhile, the stupid Brits have announced that they will play no part in a military strike. What an idiotic move. I'm definitely not advocating a strike or invasion, but even if they don't want to its just plain stupid to announce that. They've effectively taken that bargaining chip off the table. Morons.

So, where do we go from here. I tell ya what, I think Iran's got us almost in checkmate. An invasion at this point is almost certainly out of the question. Military strikes probably wouldn't do too much good except slow down the process some. So that leaves sanctions, which the UN seems to be doing an effective job at dragging their feet. All this is going to combine to give either a US led strike on Iran, or Iran getting the bomb a few years down the line. What's the civilized world going to do about all this? Who knows, but probably not enough.

Now, where's Bush's role in all of this? He was criticized all over the news shows this weekend for leaving too much of this up to the Europeans. So, let me get this right, he was criticized in the run up to Iraq for not getting enough input from Europe, but now when he tries to fix that, he just gets more criticism. He just can't win...now you know why his pole numbers are in the shitter.

Tags: Iran, Bush, 40,000 suicide bombers, UN