It turns out that Iran is everything that Iraq was supposed to be, but was not. The President says Diplomacy is his first course for Iran, where it was not for Iraq. Wrong again. China and Russia will block any UN Security Council Resolutions on Iran; where resolutions were already in place for Iraq.
There is a viable military option for him to use with Iran, and it is well within the capabilities of our current forces. It is a naval blockade of Iran's oil exports. But he can't do that because it would mean $6 a gallon gas in the US. It turns out that conservation, rather than being the "personal virtue" asserted by the Vice-President, is a matter of National Defense. So, the "Gang That Can't Shoot Straight" srtikes again.
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