Why do you say may revive sanctions? The article you cite says that the sanctions have already been renewed.

I wholeheartedly argee, after twenty-five years in law-enforcement I have learned that when crazy people say they are going to do something (no matter how nutty) you should really pay attention.

IMHO the biggest problem that the West has is that we tend to dismiss statements that do not mesh with our world view. At an individual level this can be deadly (witness the sad end of Daniel Pearl) on a national level it can lead to policy failures that have a similar long-term result.

You can almost see the diplomats sitting around, watching video of Ahmanutterjob saying that he has dreams of Israel disappearing in a blinding flash of light, and saying “But what does he REALLY mean?”. He really means EXACTLY what he said, they just can’t wrap their minds around such an outrageous idea.

Obama is in a similar position, will he believe his prejudices; that everybody really just wants to be reasonable and get along, or will he believe the facts before his eyes, that these people only understand the threat of naked force. The next issue is this; if Obama comes to that realization will he find it in himself act upon it?

Will Damascus believe that the gun pointed at it’s head is cocked? or even loaded?

Great piece by Totten.

See: http://www.michaeltotten.com/

Looks like that Hope & Change cuts both ways, O.

they used to say the same thing about mein kampf.