I don't think this issue has been addressed yet. But it would appear that Bush's jingoistic rhetoric has succeeded yet again in undermining the security of the American people. Whereas we might have been able to work with a moderate, Bush has scared the crap out of ordinary voters with his talk of war and simply pushed them into the arms of an ultranationalist hardliner.
Didn't he learn his lesson with North Korea and Iraq I mean, my God, what the hell is it with these people? Are they astonishingly stupid, or are they hoping a hardliner will be dumb enough to give them an excuse to withdraw our troops from Iraq through Teheran. And all that oil. Yum