But we also must realize that it is too later. No nation, except Israel, will take out his nuke capabilities. Iran will have the bomb and use the threat effectively in the Mid East. To what end, I can not even begin to speculate. Bush is too weak now, the Europeans have lost their cojones years ago, the IAEA is a multi lateral joke and the UN is, well, the UN.

After reading Mark Bowden’s “Guests of the Ayatollah,” I am convinced that the present Iranian leaders are nutso. It will take some truly catastophic event (another 9/11?) to kick in military retaliation from the West.

“Bibi” Netanyahu did an interview in the WS Journal last week calling for an American boycott of Iran through a Congressional act outlawing all investments by corporations doing business with Iran. Short of war, this sounds reasonable and plausible, ratching up the pressure, forcing the stain of complicity through a creative capitalist boycott. A third alternative worthy of discussion and deployment in the face of the weakness in the West at this juncture.

Squeeze the madmen economically, cut off their money and the use of the banks in international transactions. A nice idea. Is it feasible given the jelly fish attitudes in the West ?