“If the US decides there needs to be an ‘incident’ that ‘gives us no choice’ but to ‘defend Americans’ (and American interests) …”
Remember the Maine!
(and the Maddox, and Saddam’s WMDs, …)[/quote]
Pri: I don’t doubt that there is a “Tonkin Gulf” moment in here somewhere, but I’m actually hopeful that this administration WON’T go for a knee-jerk, jingoistic response, since that’s EXACTLY what the Iranian government is hoping for.
Yes, I agree that the Iranian populace is literate, well-educated, Pro-US and opposed to their own leadership, but as Syria shows, not all popular uprisings are going to succeed. There is an element of brinksmanship here and sometimes events move more quickly than our ability to control them. Here’s hoping that doesn’t happen.
