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September 30, 2007
Sorry 'bout that...
With due respect to Amanda, I think she's falling victim to a classic bit of blindness. The right is not simply trying to drum up war against Iran, they are not simply engaged in a propaganda effort to create horror in the American mind. It's a bit worse than that...
They really do believe that Iran presents an existential threat to America. They see an "Enemy" who had the effrontery to refuse to do what we told them decades ago, and thus prove that there are limits to even American power. Naturally this terrifies the Neo Cons. Naturally they will strike out blindly and always view the Iranian regime as the font of all evil. Except when said font of all evil is actually Iraq. Or China. Or Russia. Or...
Posted by Andrew at September 30, 2007 12:56 PM