"Yes, but if we bomb too early, without accurate intelligence and fully debated justification, then we risk unifying the Iranian people behind Ahmadininjad for little real gain"
I'm sure the intelligence is there, otherwise the leaks suggesting the attacks would not have ben placed in the press. As for "fully debated" - that equals "give them time to get prepared"...
"And look where that got us in Iraq..."
Because the campaign was under-resourced, uncertain in its aims and misled. You invade a country, its people are enemies unless proved otherwise - and should be treated as such
"Ever been to Iran?"
No
" Ever even met an Iranian? "
Yes, quite a lot actually. Many of them refugees from the mad ayatollahs hit men.
"That is a gross generalisation and extrapolation from some very flimsy observations. "
Generalistion, yes. Gross, no. Flimsy no. Its based on many hours of conversations with muslims of many shades of belief, both Iranian and other. And while they may disagree on the religious doctrine of the need to Islamise the western world, they DO agree that that is the belief of the Iranian ruling elite