More on "Is Iran Next?"

Cruise Missile Diplomacy: Bush Targets Iran
By Marjorie Cohn

Well this is another worthwhile article on the (pending?) crisis with Iran which I could have included in my original Is Iran Next? posting if I'd waited another day. This column covers much of the same ground as the other articles and also just happens to include nearly the exact same "a la Tonkin Gulf" phrase that I used in yesterday's posting. Gee, do you think Marjorie Cohn actually read my blog?

One admitted shortcoming of yesterday's Is Iran Next? alert was that I failed to mention the significant article by Seymour Hersh which appeared in the April 17, 2006 issue of The New Yorker. This article, entitled The Iran Plans: Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb?, presents some intelligent reflection on what the present U.S. administration may, or may not, do in regards to the Iranian nuclear program. This excellent piece of journalism shows that Seymour Hersh remains a valuable asset to those who want to understand what's really going on. Personally, I feel that his Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib remains the best book on the origins and conduct of the 2003 invasion of Iraq...since he's at his best when he's angry. Let's just hope he keeps up the good work. Unfortunately, it seems very likely that he'll have a lot to write about over the next few months...wa Allahu 'alim.