This is how the Iraq Debacle happened:

. . . But precisely because these Democrats want to avoid war with Iran that they must offer the now familiar formulation: no nukes for Iran, no options off the table. Hillary Clinton stated this today, Barack Obama gave a version of it two years ago, and John Edwards said it last month. . . . Does this mean that we should not be skeptical of the Bush Administration’s attempt to “sell” an Iran adventure? No. Does this mean that Congress should not have oversight over any such potential action (as Senator Clinton said today)? No. What it means is that the keyboard commentariat needs to come to grips with the realities of diplomacy. . . .

Kenny Baer needs to come to grips with reality that George Bush is the worst President in the history of the nation and that in such circumstances, the normal rules do not apply. As Ezra writes:

Some folks seem to think you can continually threaten Iran while never meaning to attack, an outlook that reminds me of all the liberal hawks who spent the runup to the Iraq War advocating for their personal Iraq Wars, rather than the one George W. Bush wanted to fight. In the end, of course, everyone who voted for the resolution based on giving Bush strength at the UN, or sending 600,000 troops, simply enabled the war Bush wanted to fight.

Ken Baer should shut up for a while.