Reply #115: Well said and all very true. But the sad irony is that [View All]

[Tom Rinaldo]

Ahmadinejad clings to the degree of power that he has (he is not Iran's leader) in part by whipping up nationalist sentiments inside Iran over American threats toward that nation. It would not surprise me in the slightest if Ahmadinejad is intentionally goading America to bomb Iran. The experts I have read all say that the most we can do with bombs is set back Iran's nuclear program by several years, with the next edition of it being less vulnerable to American attack - that is if they don't get resupplied sooner by elements in Pakistan that might become ascendant after another U.S. attack on another Islamic nation. We certainly aren't going to try to occupy Iran.

With Iran's population overwhelmingly 30 and younger and largely chafing at the religious bit, the best bet the arch right in Iran has to consolidate power there might be the aftermath of an American attack on that nation. Talk about the power of martyrs...