"They can't believe their Hundred Year Reign is over so soon."

Assuming they don't find some way to rig this election.

It infuriates me no end whenever I hear those whackjobs categorically declare that Iran's nuclear intentions are not peaceful. Everything I've read on-topic indicates that their primary motive is indeed securing an alternative energy source to petroleum. They know their days as Energy Lords are numbered.

From a psy-ops perspective, given that they share borders with -what- a dozen-odd other countries -- sure, I don't think they really mind if others are left guessing as to whether or not they'll one day opt to go that route (enrichment for weaponry). However, the Persians are not stupid; they are all-too-cognizant of the fact that, in this regard, they are, and will likely forever be, quite trumped in this particular game by Israel.

Kristol, Bolton, et al, really should be 5150'd, if you ask me. They truly represent a threat to the well-being of others.

The disingenuity (the opposite of ingenuity?) is in pretending that the nukleer cat is in the bag; viz, the resounding silence about AQ Khan and the Paki nukes, and, let's not forget the biggest rogue nukleer state in the ME is, in fact, Israel.

This disingenuity goes even further if you consider the testimony of Sibel Edmonds. In that light, the sabre rattling against Iran takes on a much clearer meeting, meaning politics.

....more dirt on McCain's VP selection:

Before this recent burst of publicity, Gov Pawlenty earned some attention in early May with this quip on a Minneapolis radio show: "I have a wife who genuinely loves to fish. I mean, she will take the lead and ask me to go out fishing. ... She loves football, she'll go to hockey games and, I jokingly say, 'Now, if I could only get her to have sex with me.' " He quickly clarified that he was joking, even as his wife could be heard kvetching in the background.
Pawlenty couldn't resist another spousal reference during an appearance last week on CNN. Wolf Blitzer, discussing the speculation over McCain's vice presidential prospects, told the governor: "You're on the short list. That's what everyone says." Replied Pawlenty: "Well, my wife says I'm on a different kind of list."

Mrs Pawlenty clarified her husband's jokes by adding, "well,....I lit a cigarette afterwards and thought to myself, yes, ...for the first time in my life, I'm proud to be a.............."

"They can't believe their Hundred Year Reign is over so soon."

Not to mention their Thousand Year Reich.

And can somebody please explain to me why Israel is not a signatory to the non-proliferation treaty (despite having one of the world's largest nuclear arsenals) -- all while we deny Iran their legal rights to enrich uranium/plutonium under the same treaty??