War with Iran

DICK CHENEY, 11/06: It may not be popular with the public. It doesn't matter in the sense that we have to continue the mission and do what we think it right, and that's exactly what we're doing. We're not running for office, we're doing what we think [is] right.

We're responding to the Bush administration the way Mark Twain described our response to the weather: Everybody complains about the administration, but nobody does anything about it. There is much protesting and many 'tough questions', but no consequences or follow-up.

This morning Glenn Greenwald lists the series of actions by the Administration and others in the last several months that suggest their intention to attack Iran. The last item describes an assault this morning by US troops on an Iranian consulate in northern Iraq. Six staff members were seized.