But, note to Howland, this is U.C.L.A. - we demand yet another Championship or you're out. It's as simple as that.

Afghanistan. Iraq. Next up: Iran
The sound you hear is saber rattling. Bush is at it again, declaring that a policy of pre-emptive strike is necessary, and hinting that Iran may be next. You can see how well this policy worked in Iraq where, if you remember, the U.S. invasion was a pre-emptive strike to thwart off an imminent threat by Iraq.

Except that, we know now, no threat was coming. No WMDs poised to strike at us. And what a fine mess we're in.

Now Bush is once again using the same tactics against Iran: saying that we'll try diplomacy first. Then when he screws that up, declaring that Iran must give up it's nuclear designs or face annihilation. Iran will say it doesn't have any nuclear designs. Bush will say Iran is lying and give an ultimatum. The deadline will pass and we invade. Boring script really. Been there and done that. It didn't work before. It won't work again and sequels tend be effective than the original.

But it won't stop Bush. He is determined to make the world as unstable as he is - plain and simple. Now, where's that Iranian oil?