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I believe we do have some choices beyond taking it on the chin or turning Iran into a glass parking lot:

1) Make trouble for the Syrians. Northern Syria is heavily populated by Kurds. Tell the Turks to stand down and let the Kurds make as much trouble as they can.

2) The Iranians are on less stable ground than the Iraqis. The Iraqis have a duly elected popular government which the Iranians do not. There is still time to foment civil war there. But just barely enough. We dally too long and the opportunity will close.

p>3) As a long shot, arrange a provocation at sea between us and the Iranians sufficient to provide us cover for a response. In such a limited engagement it would give us the basis for eliminating the sea-lane threat at a time and opportunity of our choosing. br> -- John McGinnis br> Arlington, Texas /p>

I believe that Mr. Babbin has it pretty darn close to 100% right.

In the time between Mr. Bush's extremely ill-advised "Mission Accomplished" speech on the aircraft carrier and today, he has played a very squishy, politically correct, game of war fighting in Iraq. This has cost us more in dead, maimed, and treasure than it should have, and has totally failed in convincing our foe that we are a serious threat.

I am very afraid that the Islamic/Arab world still sees us as eminently beatable by a force that is single minded, dedicated, and in it for the long haul. Our general citizenry gives me pause to doubt our long-term commitment and wonder if maybe the Islamists are not at least partially right. I believe that our general population MAY have a confirmed case of Attention Deficit Disorder.

p>I just hope that the POTUS taking office in January of 2009 will inherit a situation that is correctable and that he/she will have the spinal steeliness to do what is right and necessary for the good of the country, politics be damned. br> -- Ken Shreve br> New Hampshire

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