Taking the toys away from the bad boy.

[SoCalDem]

The screaming heads seem miffed about the fact that they have to back-pedal on the "all options are on the table" stance that most recent presidents have taken.

Here's our little braggadocious idiot playing with his war toys, trying to scare all the other "kids", and now they don't seem all that scared anymore..

Well let's see..

They have ONLY their boss to thank for that.

After lying and cheating his way into ONE war, he has lost any credibility he ever had, so WHY ON EARTH would the public even WANT to allow him any latitude in starting yet another (un-winnable) war with Iran?

As each toady comes forward to deny that they plan to "invade" or "attack" Iran, they do actually offer Iran a little more incentive to be bold and taunting. Why?

Because in the world's eye , our own leaders' spokespeople are saying we do not plan on attacking Iran, so Iran actually has the high road here.

If we go against public opinion yet again and attack Iran, we fall further into Pariah-ville, and lose even more influence.

Everyone knows that we are losing the Iraq war (and Afghanistan is no "victory" either), and our military is stretched further than ever, so any attack would surely fail anyway.

Our own white house is "emboldening" Iran and making things worse than ever.

Too bad we don't have statesmen anymore.

A statesman-president would convene an immediate middle east summit, and try to iron out the difficulties. Even without success, that would signal an attempt at reason..

As long as we rattle sabers, we get only more of the same..

[jimshoes]

1. I just expect the worst from this, the

biggest criminal enterprise that the world has ever known. They came they stole, and hopefully they all wind up in prison.