Iran Update

DON'T BOMB, BOMB IRAN: FOR NOW, WE SHOULD AVOID A SMOKING TEHRAN - VICTOR
DAVIS HANSON (NATIONAL REVIEW, AUGUST 31): We should continue with the present
path -- and not bomb or have surrogates bomb Iran. That option is still down the
road. For as long as it is possible, the best-case scenario is not a smoking
Iran, but a humiliated theocracy that slowly implodes before the world,
displaying in their disgrace what the mullahs did to themselves -- and perhaps a
small reminder of those helpful shoves from us.
http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=Y2I4ODZlYTdkNDhiZTkxMDVhMmQzNDA2NDNjM2RjNjg=

DO WE HAVE THE COURAGE TO STOP WAR WITH IRAN? - RAY MCGOVERN (COMMON DREAMS,
SEPTEMBER 2): The deterioration of the U.S. position in Iraq; the perceived need
for a scapegoat; the knee-jerk deference given to Israel?s myopic and ultimately
self-defeating security policy; and the fact that time is running out for the
Bush/Cheney administration to end Iran's nuclear program-together make for a
very volatile mix.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/02/3564/

AHMADINEJAD ISN'T THE ISSUE - RAY TAKEYH (BOSTON GLOBE, SEPTEMBER 2):
Because Iran's ambitions are based on rational calculation, the United States
can deal with it through dialogue. Only when the perception of an unreasonable
Ahmadinejad is removed from the scene can Washington begin the painstaking task
of diplomacy.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/09/02/ahmadinejad_isnt_the_issue?mode=PF

ARMING AGAINST IRAN - WILLIAM R. HAWKINS (WASHINGTON TIMES, SEPTEMBER 2):
For Congress to block US arms sales in the Middle East would undermine what
trust there is between Washington and the Sunni world (including the tribal
leaders in Iraq who are vital to the defeat of al Qaeda). It would also fuel the
propaganda of both al Qaeda and Tehran that alleges America is at war with all
of Islam, when, in fact, U.S. security interests are in line with those of a
majority of Muslims.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070902/COMMENTARY/109020019/1012

WARNING LIGHTS FLASH ON IRAN - OLIVER NORTH (WASHINGTON TIMES, SEPTEMBER 2):
The absence of a consensus in Congress on how we should confront a radical
Islamic theocracy armed with atomic weapons places the nation in grave danger.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070902/COMMENTARY06/109020021/1012&template=printart

THE IRAN DOSSIER -- IRAQ REPORT VI: IRAN'S PROXY WAR AGAINST THE U.S. IN
IRAQ - KIMBERLY KAGAN (WEEKLY STANDARD, AUGUST 29)
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/030aryoy.asp

HE NEXT WAR? - ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE (WASHINGTON TIMES, SEPTEMBER 3): Both
the Bush administration and Israel are painstakingly fashioning a casus belli
with Iran.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070903/COMMENTARY/109030018/1012&template=printart

BUSH PLANS WAR ON IRAN - MARJORIE COHN (COMMON DREAMS, SEPTEMBER 2)
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/02/3565/

SLAM DUNK: THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO PROVOKE IRAN - ROBERT
NAIMAN (COMMON DREAMS, SEPTEMBER 1)
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/01/3559/

PHASE III OF BUSH'S WAR - PATRICK J. BUCHANAN (ANTIWAR.COM, SEPTEMBER 1):
Confident of victory this fall on the Hill, Bush is now moving into Phase III in
his War on Terror: First, Afghanistan, then Iraq, then Iran.
http://www.antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=11538