"But if Bush is chastened by failure or troubled by doubt, he doesn’t show it. He has said that he expects to be vindicated by history. The danger is that he will decide to give historians more fodder by taking care of unfinished business—especially business that the next president might want no part of.
The biggest question is whether Bush will do what John McCain once jokingly suggested, to the tune of an old Beach Boys hit: “Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran.” Bush has been categorical in saying that Iran cannot be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, even as the Iranians have defiantly expanded their nuclear facilities and sped production of the enriched uranium that would be needed to fuel a bomb. Experts do not believe Iran is close to actually producing a nuclear weapon, but do not doubt the Iranians could eventually succeed. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said repeatedly, if not convincingly, that Iran’s nuclear program has strictly peaceful aims."
So writes Eugene Robinson, regular contributor to truthdig.com. Yes, The Decider may still do something silly, and dangerous, in the last months of his presidency - even if he is a lame duck!
The biggest question is whether Bush will do what John McCain once jokingly suggested, to the tune of an old Beach Boys hit: “Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran.” Bush has been categorical in saying that Iran cannot be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, even as the Iranians have defiantly expanded their nuclear facilities and sped production of the enriched uranium that would be needed to fuel a bomb. Experts do not believe Iran is close to actually producing a nuclear weapon, but do not doubt the Iranians could eventually succeed. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said repeatedly, if not convincingly, that Iran’s nuclear program has strictly peaceful aims."
So writes Eugene Robinson, regular contributor to truthdig.com. Yes, The Decider may still do something silly, and dangerous, in the last months of his presidency - even if he is a lame duck!
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