Countdown to Catastrophe

Asked about reports that the U.S. is contemplating a nuclear strike against sites in Iran, President Bush replied:

"All options are on the table. We want to solve this issue diplomatically and we're working hard to do so."

Translation: Duck and cover!

No one can predict if and when a nuclear strike or a conventional attack will be launched against Iran. But the reality that nuking Iran is even being considered is frightening in itself. It tells us what kind of a world we are living in – one in which our moral sense has become so dulled as to be practically nonexistent.

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News
Updated May 8, 2006 - 11:26 PM EDT
Baghdad Death Squads Deepen Division
US General Warns Iran on Bomb Smuggling
Iran President Writes to Bush Over Impasse
Bush: US Must Ensure Israel's Security
Monday Violence in Iraq Leaves 34 Dead
81 Iraqis Killed in Bombings, Attacks
UK Deaths Cheered as Basra Slips Out of Control
Blair Urged to Quit by Labor MPs
Bush to Nominate Air Force General to Lead CIA
GOP House Intel Panel Chief Opposes CIA Choice
Hayden Pick Would Put Military Officers in Charge of All Spy Agencies
Bush Says He Wants to Shut Gitmo, but Must Wait for Supreme Court
Viewpoints
Empire Breeds the Emperor
by Christopher Deliso
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Want to Intervene in Darfur?
Go Ahead
 by Charley Reese
Straw Canned Over Iran?  by Randal Mark
The Country That Wouldn't Grow Up  by Tony Judt
Iraq Failure Has Global Implications  by Joe Cirincione

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Columnists

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5/08/2006
The Next World War

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5/05/2006
Iran Won't Be Bullied

Alan Bock
5/03/2006
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It's Not About Democracy

Nebojsa Malic
4/26/2006
Interesting Times

Ran HaCohen
4/24/2006
Why We Cannot Talk With Hamas

Sascha Matuszak
4/06/2006
Getting a Piece of the Pie

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2/07/2005
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Matthew Barganier
10/30/2004
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