Reply #22: Their PNAC fixation may finally do them in. [View All]

[Brotherjohn]

Most people, even conservatives, are having real problems with Iraq and why we went in there, if it was the right thing or not...

Many Bush voters and traditional Republicans have already turned against him. If we go forward in Iran now, they'll jump ship in droves.

Just the talk about Iran may be enough to do them (the neocons) in. Especially at a stage when we're awash in questions as to whether or not our justifications for the Iraq War were sound (everyone who didn't already know is in the process of finding out that they were NOT sound). Even if some people believe Iran may have had a hand, the question they'll ask is: "But you're just figuring this out NOW? Three years later, after fighting another war for apparently no reason?"

Even their supporters will wonder, at best, if they're competent and at worst, if they're insane warmongers and if everything the Michael Moore's of the world have been saying might be true.

The scary thing is, they either don't see this or don't care. I mean, blame aside, the entire world is in the middle of talking about the fact that the evidence justifying the (ongoing) Iraq War was all wrong. And their response is to bring up the idea of ANOTHER "pre-emptive" war in an Islamic country, based on hearsay?

I used to think the only explanations for their actions were that they were either incompetent or lying. Now I'm starting to think the only explanations for their actions are that they are either incompetent or insane.