Beating the drum against Iran....

The floor of the Senate is now the soapbox for those Republican Senators doing W's dirty work. Leiberman, Kyl, McCain and now Graham are building the case for an attack on Iran. Each one has laid out the (scanty) evidence of Iranians crossing the border to participate in the insurgency within Iraq. They have tried to convince listeners that munitions and expertise in bomb making is directly linked to Iranians. And those poor Israelis are continuously threatened by Iran's government which doesn't believe Israel has the right to exist. Iran is kidnapping and holding hostages. Iran is SO evil.  

I find this to be a diversionary tactic. These same Republicans have just voted against the Webb-Hagel amendment which would have given some degree of relief to our soldiers, some of whom are on their 4th tours with no end in sight. They don't support the soldiers. They only support WAR. I can't wrap my mind around how they can possibly continue to back this poorly thought-out Bush War and now even consider expanding it. McCain has just made a statement that we need Iran to help us stabilize the region - yet he and others continue to make puffed-up old men threats against Iran.
I think this undying devotion to Bush's war policy really boils down to protecting corporate interests in the oil resources of the Middle East. This whole charade and the delay in allowing any kind of withdrawel date is dependent on securing Iraqi oil and having a long term presense that will keep Iran "nervous."  But then - maybe I'm too cynical.