The Sunshine Empire

In conservative circles the elder statesmen have all been predicting that George W. Bush will find some way to bomb Iran before the end of his term. Norman Podhoretz and Bill Kristol seem to be absolutely gleeful, but the buzz has been that Israeli Prime Minster Ehud Olmert has been pushing very hard to get Bush to attack Tehran. Now those who feel that the effort in Iraq and the drumbeat for Iran is an effort to protect Israel are sometimes painted as anti semitic. Now this site is for the protection of Israel as they are the one true democracy in the region, but should we fight all of their wars for them? They seemed pretty effective in kicking everyone’s asses that have tried to attack them. But how much of this current push is the tail wagging the dog with Olmert?

When Bill Clinton would launch military endevours, the Republicans always insisted that it was purely to distract from his domestic peccadilloes. Olmert is very unpopular in Israel and he is barely holding onto his job as Defense Minister Ehud Barak has been demanding his resignation. If Barak was to become Prime Minister again, and Senator Obama were to win the Presidency, you could see an Ehud Barak, Barack Obama summit. Many even in Israel believe that Olmert’s peace efforts and his insistence that the U.S. fight a war for them is simply a diversion from his ongoing corruption investigation that means his reign will come to an end soon. I just feel that the neocons should put away the Astroglide and realize the political realty of the situation. If Bush launches an attack against Iran after the November election he will find himself ceremonially impeached. He lacks the power to declare war under the constitution and the Democratic congress will not give him a blank check like the Republicans did in 2003 (the Democrats laid down like the bitches they were for the record.)