horse of george

Someone should point out that in the midst of all this nonsense re health care reform [I'm not gonna argue the specifics of what the Democrats are after since as far as I'm concerned all they're really interested in is promoting an agenda and will say anything to that end {and I'm not nearly smart enough to argue specifics}] but I think it's important to note that Iran has officially ruled out negotiating away their nuclear program and Russia has indicated they will not back new sanctions which essentially means Iran can and will go nuclear anytime it chooses to take that step - which hardly comes as a surprise, but still, in the near term, such a development completely dwarfs health care reform - sure, long term, Obamacare and what it means as regards a liberal agenda and ballooning deficits presents possibly dire strategic problems - but short term? Iran or Israel's plans regarding it have potential to turn health care debate into an after thought. [but is that true? If Obama wins this health care battle, his stock will rise considerably, the far left will be emboldened, the affinities between the two will be confirmed and impelled forward, conservatives will be thrown back on their heels and into disarray, moderates potentially marginalized by liberal enthusiasm - the short term consequences of that could be a wee bit disturbing - actually combine that with Iran going nuclear and you have the potential for some serious foreign policy drift]