Cuban Missile Crisis, Take Two

It would be nice to think that this could be resolved with a virtual staring contest the way JFK did it in October, 1962.

Israeli surveillance shows possible Syrian nuclear installation stocked by North Korea... target of alleged raid last week was Syrian missile base financed by Iran

Unfortunately, one key element is missing: rational or even life-seeking thinking on the part of our opponent (in this case, Iran, or if you like, the three remaining members of the Axis of Evil).

They want this to boil over and have said so repeatedly. As bad as our options are, if we don't handle this situation, they--unlike Kruschev--will make full use of their nuclear capabilities to destroy Israel and set off a massive world war. The Democrats have one thing right, albeit for the wrong reasons: Iraq may soon seem like a sideshow distraction.

I've said since the inception of this blog: Syria is Iran's "aircraft carrier" for taking out Israel.