The Iranian Threat to New York City

[virtualobserver]

21. I think that my challenge was rather mild considering that you stated that my conclusions.....

were based on having "good weed"

I would like to believe that Israel would exercise restraint, but Israeli politicians seem to move ever rightward.
Trying to decipher a quote from a Sec. of Defense can be tricky, but Panetta saying to a reporter that he believes Israel will attack Iran in the coming months and that he is pleading with the Israelis to put off any strike is not something that is done casually.

I would also like to believe that Iran would exercise restraint even in the face of an attack, but who knows.

My comparison to Bush was a narrow one. It had to do with the placement of questionable stories with the press.
It could have just as easily have been about Bush's father and the supposed rape of American officer's wife by a Panamanian soldier as they began laying down reasons for invading that country, or the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

My point is that I am seeing Israeli government sources trying to lay down the groundwork for a strike, and coupled with the Panetta quote and the howling for blood from the Republican candidates, I am not comforted.