Well, it looks like the fix is in. Yet another doomsday scenario from us “tinfoil hatters” that, after years of naysaying, will likely come to fruition. According to Think Progress, the right-wing think tank American Enterprise Institute hopes that repurcussions from the Israel/Lebanon conflict might drive Bush to acting against Iran in the next 12 to 18 months. According to AEI fellow Reuel Marc Gerecht on ABC’s This Week:
GERECT: I think more importantly — because of the way the Syrians and Iranians reacted — it is possible that the president has gotten very, very angry over that issue. If, in fact, you see down the road — because the premier issue for the iranians is nuclear weapons program — if you see down the road the president taking a much harder line on that issue
STEPHANOPOULOS: How much harder line could he take? Are you talking about military action?
GERECT: Well yeah it is conceivable you go down the road 12 or 18 months that the president will say nuclear weapons in the hands of the mullahs is simply unacceptable — as he said many times. And if in fact Lebanon contributes to the hardening of the American postion, then I would say that hezbollah actions in Lebanon were a great mistake.
According to TP, Gerecht was one of several think tankers who met up with Bush last week to discuss Middle East policy. These are the same sorts of people who pushed for and shaped the Iraq war. Realpolitik-obsessed evil greedheads who guide foreign policy without being able to see their own hands in front of their faces.
Invoke tinfoil hats and conspiracy theories all you want. Odds are we’re going into Iran in under two years. Because despite massive chaos, thousands of deaths, and countless setbacks… the people who make the decisions are the ones who absolutely refuse to consider alternatives, and refuse to aknowledge failure.
