[foonlesse]

Netanyahu and Barak might reason as follows:

1. There is all this talk about how an attack will threaten our relations with the United States, but there is every reason to think our American supporters can control events there and guarantee a favorable outcome; they always do. Furthermore, who in the United States is going to stand up and criticize us? These people are basically wussies. In fact, the Americans will probably come in on our side if we go to war before the election.

http://mondoweiss.net/2012/08/seven-...with-iran.html

[pavlik]

Well, look what the wind blew in.

I said you wouldn't reign long over there, Phileas.

Were you missing us, dude?