While I disagree with much of Ali Reza’s liberal spin on matters, I am forced to agree with him on this:

When a country like U.S. CAN NOT manages its own affair economically, socially and politically, how on earth can they manage and lead other nations?

America must put it’s own house in order before we even think of new wars of “liberation of freedom-loving peoples” on the other side of the planet.

I think the American public, seeing a trillion in money and 40,000 casualties from “liberating” what we were told by the Neocons would be a cakewalk to free what informed Exiles told them were peoples “hungry for democracy” – are profoundly skeptical and unsupportive of another Excellent Adventure in Iran. And don’t believe for a second Neocon assurances that “we will be welcomed as liberators of the Real Iranians”.

Apparantly, the “word” is the now near-powerless Bush has capitulated to Secretary Gates and denied Zionists air rights over Iraq unless Malaki and the Iraqis agree and become complicit with Israel. Or JDAMs. Or tanker planes. Anything that was on the table is now off the table until the next President is settled in. The Neocons political backers are now a rump movement in the Republican Party fighting for their political lives. And even those that place Israel 1st, above the American People, know that a unilateral attack on Iran would block the Gulf for a month or more, shattering the global economy with 250 a barrel oil – or oil no longer available at any price as it goes off private market to “deals” between nations on who gets allocated what.

The US is now deep in a colossal political/fiscal mess of it’s own making, facing profound economic hardship. Our military is tapped out in key ground force, air logistics, C3 aspects. Neocons ignore it ISN’T 2003, and the days of the Great Hegemon and stupid analogies to Munich as why we must start 3-4 new wars – are long gone…..

The root problem is Iran is surrounded by hostile neighbors and has a population that is 98% supportive of it’s nuclear power program, if not the weapons part of it. Until Iran’s need for strategic parity is met, it’s energy future better secured, this problem will continue. It cannot be bombed away.
The Turks, Saudis, UAE, Iraqis, even Iran have talked about a nuclear, chem, bio WMD free Middle East. Unless they fall under larger power’s protective nuclear umbrellas, and final borders are agreed to – expect them to reject the present status quo.