Billmon:
On the other hand, I seriously doubt Cheney and his circle care much about the failure of the bombing-them-into-democracy theory. That’s Shrub’s bag, not Shotgun Dick’s. Whether an aerial assault could actually neutralize Iran’s nascent nuclear program may also be irrelevant. The main pupose of destroying Lebanon, as I pointed out awhile back, may have been simply to demonstrate to Tehran the terrible price it will have to pay if it continues to defy the laughably misnamed "international community."