Since the topic has been brought up again--though it obviously is thread creep.

"That strikes me..."--yet another gut feeling by a Mudcatter. Could we have a bit of logic?

Unless of course logic has been declared un-folk. I wonder if somebody would like to explain why, in response to an invasion or bombing of Iran, Iranian troops would not come across the border into Iraq. Look at the border.

That's the point--Bush, as Frank has noted, wants to "make his mark" and the only place to do that is Iraq--which he still imagines he can "win".

His military is telling him what will likely happen if he widens the war into Iran.

There is also the little matter of Congress--the public will not be backing an invasion of Iran as they did Iraq (which of course was only due to the brilliantly successful propaganda campaign.)

If anybody thinks being impeached, convicted and removed would not bother Bush, I'd like to suggest that that person is out of touch with US politics--which is obviously no sin in a Briton--but does mean his observations on the topic may not get great weight. Not that I would want to suggest that the poster is "slightly delusional".

And if Bush were to invade Iran just after the 2008 election--which will feature almost complete rejection of his policies--by both parties--you'd see a perfect political storm.

Might I suggest that, as has been suggested on other topics, this could be a topic on which reasonable people agree to disagree--without "slightly delusional" or other epithets being applied. Seems reasonable.

Unless of course, somebody would actually like to suggest a reasonable scenario which would avoid the above-cited reaction by Iran.

A pity, then, that the suggestion of "agreeing to disagree" is bound to be rejected--almost immediately--by one or another Mudcatter who will feel compelled to comment--- beyond an objective answer such as "I disagree"-- and without bothering to answer the question about Iran's reaction. And I suspect I can easily guess which ones will be champing at the bit. Let's see if I'm correct.