What’s with This Iran Thing, Anyway? 1
Professor Cole has a theory:
Likewise, Bush is trying to shore up his base, which is desperately unhappy with the Iraq situation, by rattling sabres at Iran. Bush’s poll numbers are so low, often in the mid-30s, that he must have lost part of his base to produce this result. Iran is a great deus ex machina for Bush. Rally around the flag yet again.
If this international game of chicken goes wrong, then the whole Middle East and much of Western Europe could go up in flames. The real threat here is not unconventional war, which Iran cannot fight for the foreseeable future. It is the spread of Iraq-style instability to more countries in the region.
April 12, 2006 at 9:06 pm
So how do I reconcile this with http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=aduNTcpDuDd4&refer=germany?