horse of george

"... it startles me how small their imaginations are concerning unrest in Iran... they act as if without question now the rise of a disgruntled opposition obviates the need for an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities... whereas obviously one could just as convincingly say that Israel may conclude that Iran's response to an attack because of internal tensions may be dulled, fractured, inhibited, problematic in any number of ways, thus increasing the likelihood of an Israeli aggression... Israel may speculate that an attack potentially serves the cause of the opposition by shaming the status quo and rationalize it that way... they could conclude that a discontented Iran equals a more dangerous, obdurate and unpredictable Iran, in short, makes it more of a threat, not less, thus strengthening the need for action not mitigating against it... the liberal commentariat don't see these things almost as if what they imagine to be true is of much more importance than what actually is true..."