Even as the United States is mired in a costly and bloodly conflict in Iraq, the National Review’s Stanley Kurtz suggests it’s about time to declare war on Iran:
EVEN BLIX [Stanley Kurtz]
One interesting thing about this piece on Iran from the Independent (linked to on Drudge) is that Hans Blix himself is saying that Iran has nuclear intentions.Given how close we are getting to war, it’s interesting that the blogosphere has still not woken up to this issue.
Without a doubt, Iran is a threat to the region and the world. But the article that Kurtz references discusses the possibility of strict economic sanctions against Iran, not war.
In fact, the Independent article notes “some analysts said it was a mistake by the Europeans and the Bush administration in recent days to use threatening language that could force Iran into even more extreme positions.”
Too often, the right is stuck in one gear in their approach to foreign policy: ultra-macho war mongering.
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