Rambling On

There is alot of analysis to be found on Iran and the problems with the RoP.
From Victor Davis Hanson:
How many times have we heard the following whining and yet received no specific answers from our leaders?
"Israel has nuclear weapons, so why single out Iran?"
"Pakistan got nukes and we lived with it."
"Who is to say the United States or Russia should have the bomb and not other countries?"
"Iran has promised to use its reactors for peaceful purposes, so why demonize the regime?"
In fact, the United States has a perfectly sound rationale for singling out Iran to halt its nuclear proliferation. At least six good reasons come to mind, not counting the more obvious objection over Iran's violation of U.N. non-proliferation protocols. It is past time that we spell them out to the world at large
From Michael Ledeen:
Sometime in late November or early December, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei gathered his top advisers for an overall strategic review. The atmosphere was highly charged, because Khamenei’s doctors have diagnosed a serious cancer, and do not expect the Supreme Leader to live much more than a year. A succession struggle is already under way, with the apparently unsinkable Hashemi Rafsanjani in the thick of it, even though Khamenei, and his increasingly powerful son Mushtaba, is opposed to the perennial candidate-for-whatever.
Despite this disquieting news, the overall tone of the conversation was upbeat, because the Iranians believe they see many positive developments, above all, the declaration that "it has been promised that by 8 April, we will be in a position to show the entire world that 'we are members of the club.'" This presumably refers to nuclear weapons. Against this cheery background, the assessment of the Iranian leaders continued:
From Amir Taheri:
While the world is focused on the clock of Iran's nuclear programme, the other clock, that of the nation's domestic politics, is all but ignored by most commentators.
Both clocks have their alarms set. That of the nuclear clock is expected to ring within the next three to five years, unless something is done to interrupt the military aspects of the programme. The alarm of the domestic politics clock, however, could be set off within the next few months as the power struggle in Tehran enters a new and more intense phase.
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And as always great stuff can also be found at the Officers Club, Threats Watch and the Belmont Club. To balance the leftist propoganda news about progress in the GWOT I visit Centcom, and Defend America for the latest battlefield releases that aren't mangled by a scared and lazy presscorps hiding in the greenzone or behind a desk in DC waiting to be fed the news like so many babies in their high chairs. That is why folks like Mike Yon and Bill Rogio of Threats Watch and all the other milbloggers paint such a different portrait of what is really happening in Iraq and Afganistan. I know this, our men and women in the military are the very best and getting better everyday and understand what this fight is about and how to win it. Thank a soldier, airman, sailor or marine when you see one in uniform, their gratitude and smile are warm and sincere. I do, because I am grateful that I can live and prosper in peace in a free nation because of them and millions like them that have gone before them and made the ultimate sacrafice so that we may be free.