tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135100.post2075236187508857605..comments2024-01-21T02:42:13.447-05:00Comments on Middle East Reality: Is Germany off the Team?Arnold Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11445744338502151561noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135100.post-51619956667071140392007-09-12T21:55:00.000-04:002007-09-12T21:55:00.000-04:00Hezbollah survived. Iran must be certain it would...Hezbollah survived. Iran must be certain it would survive a bombing attack and hurt the West enough that the attack will be seen as a mistake.<BR/><BR/>Bombing probably is the single action that would most effectively bring up the date of an Iranian nuclear weapon.<BR/><BR/>I still doubt there will be an attack. Also, the tone of the US when discussing Iran is a lot different from the tone used in discussing Iraq in 2002.<BR/><BR/>George Bush sounded cocky in 2002. If you don't disarm we'll disarm you. George Bush sounds a lot more humble in 2007. No options are off the table but we are working hard on the diplomatic track and hope that will yield results.<BR/><BR/>He doesn't sound like he believes bombing would work, which was not the case in 2002.Arnold Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445744338502151561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135100.post-52549192435024976912007-09-12T20:58:00.000-04:002007-09-12T20:58:00.000-04:00Alex, good to have you back.Are you still convince...Alex, good to have you back.<BR/><BR/>Are you still convince all that talk of war by the White House through various leaks to the press is all a bluff? Designating IRGC a 'terrorist organization,' talk of a 3 day blitz and now this Fox News report?<BR/><BR/>I'm worried a bit though it seems Iran isn't. If the sanctions push is faltering and America has no military option, then the U.S. really is, to use a poker term I read on another board 'playing with glass money;' the chips in front of them wont be there for long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com