Well at least President Chirac is keeping a sense of humor about the whole mess:
"We call on Iran's spirit of responsibility to re-establish cooperation and confidence, without which the (U.N.) Security Council will have no choice but to take up the question," Chirac told France's ambassadors brought home for an annual conference.
Iran's famous "spirit of cooperation" eh? Clearly France's ambassadors have much to learn at the feet of the master.
I've noted that our Strategic Petroleum Reserve will be full this month. With temperate weather on tap for several months, the Euro efforts failing obviously despite Chirac's obviously sincere efforts to appeal to the better nature of the mullahs, and our oil reserves full, this seems like the right time for a Bush administration that I assume is serious about ending the threat of Iran--a charter Axis of Evil member--to actively do something to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons.
So having an excuse to tap the SPR without raising suspicions about why we are doing so would be a good idea:
Administration officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said Bush seemed likely to authorize a loan of some oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve but that details remained in flux.
Once the oil starts flowing out, we could keep it flowing as we seek to change the Iranian regime, providing a buffer until the operation is over and things settle down.
We've had four years since 9-11 and several years since the Axis of Evil speech to plan for how we will overthrow the Iranian mullahs. I will be massively disappointed if this administration doesn't take the Iranian threat seriously.
Regime change in Tehran. Soon.
