More Pressure On Iran

Looks like we're still ratcheting up the pressure on Iran with the latest statement from the Bush Administration that the US reserves right of military action on Iran.

The clerics responded in the most effective way they know how and "encouraged" the courts to order the execution of the protesters.

They also warned us that they will not be the same as Afghanistan or Iraq. They said that we should not "think" that we can enter Iran by force.

If we did, what would they do? Maybe order the execution of a few more people? Or perhaps they'll chant "Death To America" six times a day instead of five? Certainly even the mullahs can't believe that the Iranian military would have any better chance of stopping the US military than Iraq or the Taliban's forces could.

The panic is getting deeper and deeper among the mullahs. This current bout of "confidence" is nothing more than a front to cover their real fear - that they will lose their jobs, their power and possibly their lives.

We need more pressure on them. We must not take military action off the table just for that reason.