Uniting the country around the flag of yet another Global War against whatever-we-call-it-this-time has worked before in driving the sheep through the republican gates, no doubt it will work again. Maybe not as well, but a few percentage points is all they'll need.

My worry is how they'll attack Iran. I think that Israel's setback has made the likelihood of some nuclear activity more rather than less likely. I share Billmon's pessimism on this, but I'm hoping for the best.

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