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Senators say military strike on Iran must be option
 Republican and Democratic senators said on Sunday the United States may ultimately have to undertake a military strike to deter Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, but that should be the last resort.
| Keep in mind that a "last resort" tends to become a continuously receding target... |
| ... hey! Where'd the goalposts go? ... |
"That is the last option. Everything else has to be exhausted. But to say under no circumstances would we exercise a military option, that would be crazy," Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona said on CBS's "Face the Nation."
| Thank you for today's statement of the obvious... |
| Needed to be said tho, in light of the history of European statements on Iraq and now Iran. And it's a warning to the Chinese and Russians. |
Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said there are sensitive elements of Iran's nuclear program, which, if attacked, "would dramatically delay its development. But that should not be an option at this point. We ought to use everything else possible keep from getting to that juncture."
| Apparently Evan hasn't been paying attention. We've been doing everything possible to keep from getting to that juncture, which to date has consisted in large part of letting the Euros smite them repeatedly with soft power. So far it hasn't worked, but the Boyz from Brussels are getting it out of their system and eventually they'll be ready to move on to the hard stuff: the Security Council, maybe a stern letter of admonishment. At some point, when the methane's cleared, we'll blockade the Straits of Hormuz. That will cause the Ramsey Clark kiddies to run shrieking through the streets and construct enormous puppets. Evan Bayh and the rest of the Dems will complain that we should have exhasusted all options before taking such a step, even though all options have been demonstrably exhausted. |
Posted by: lotp 2006-01-16 |
