The Bush administration is also working on a way to form a coalition of Sunni Arab nations and a moderate Shiite government in Iraq, along with the United States and Europe, to stand against "Iran, Syria and the terrorists," another senior administration official said Tuesday.

from http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/13/world/ middleeast/13saudi.html?ei=5094&en=9 b8923e7095544b1&hp=&ex=116607240 0&partner=homepage&pagewanted=pr int

Where to start?

In the first place, if Israel and Saudi Arabia wanted a moderate Shiite government anywhere on earth, they should have put a ton more troops into southern Lebanon to defeat Hezbollah.  With the passing of that "opportunity", I would say that the whole concept of a moderate Shiite government anywhere on earth has gone by the boards.  Bombing Beirut will probably go down in history as the worst mistake made by a national government in the 21st century.

In the second, where will the troops come from to invade Iran?  The United States?  Israel?  Saudi Arabia?  Britain?  Pakistan?  Sure, Iran can be bombed, but bombing Iran would destabilize Pakistan...wouldn't it?

In the third, the Decider has been presented by the Iraq Study Group with the only remotely conceivable way out of the mess he has created: dialogue with Iran and Syria.  He doesn't have any "options", but he persists in believing that he does.  As long as that goes on, the United States sinks further and further into the morass.

The American People?  Kind of forgotten in all this talk about Saudi Arabi, Israel, Iran, George Bush, etc. etc.  Well, the American People would do themselves a tremendous favor by a double impeachment.  The quickest way out of this is to impeach Bush and then Cheney.  Unprecedented, but called for.  Incredible, but necessary.  Unlikely, but worth praying for.