I think General Petraeus is trying to force the Bush Administration to recognize these hard facts and act accordingly. He is saying that we cannot accomplish our objectives in Iraq without challenging the regime in Tehran. This does not necessarily entail an expansion of the war. I know of no high-ranking military officer or civilian official who favors a military assault on Iran (or on its strategic ally, Syria), and there are many things we can do to make the mullahs and their friends pay a steep price for attacking our people in Iraq and in Afghanistan as well. These range from operations against the terrorist training facilities and assembly plants for rockets and mines in Iran and Syria (acts of legitimate self defense) to active support for the broad-based Iranian democratic movement, which is supported by a big majority of the citizens.
Now YOU TOO can play "let's square that circle."
Was a time, I suppose, when launching air strikes against a country was considered an act of war. If it was done without declaration of war, it was regarded as perfidy and evidence of the vile subhumanity of those hissing Japs. Now Mighty Mike says, it's not a military assault if you just bomb shit! I mean, it's only self-defense!
(Note: as someone who believes in the inalienable right of all people everywhere to exercise their rights to self-defense, I think Mike Ledeen is a monster.)
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