Once again, the armchair hawks are clamoring to bomb far-away places which for them contain abstract "villains" which in reality pose little to no direct threat to the United States — all based on anonymously sourced and vague "intelligence". Like the disastrous Iraq war, Washington is now saying, just "trust us". And like Iraq, the results of yet another war to "take out the regime" will no doubt be a worse nightmare than the current status quo and stability, however undesirable Iran's current leaders might be.

 Is it just a coincidence that TV networks are re-running old "Dirty Harry" films just as a powerful US Naval armada and Air Force B-52 bombers are headed for what could be a clash with Iran? Here we go again with the "good guys" versus the "bad guys," and "make my day."