The Iranian study group headed by fmr Sens. Coats (R-In) and Robb (D-Va) says it's time for war with Iran.
I think Obama is going to inherit the worst political raw materials of any president in history:
1. A War in Iraq with an end in sight is in some respects more difficult than a war with no end in sight, because you have to write the final chapter.
2. A bipartisan study group just said we need to amass soldiers on the Iran/Iraq border. This sounds an awful lot like the Bay of Pigs, which the Nixon Cold Warriors couldn't pull off during Eisenhower's presidency, but managed to almost sneak under the fence of Kennedy's administration.
3. The economy is seriously fucked.
It's interesting to think about perhaps-the-real Bckwdz B, Joe Biden's comments about the intl. crisis. The world will like Obama, but they'll want to see how he responds under pressure. This will be a great, great challenge for him, and one which I do not expect him to pass (nor do I expect him to fail).
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