[KevinTheOmnivore]

Maybe I need to catch up on my Seymour Hirsch, but I don't see the same picture you guys do.

Yes, we are "poking" them. However a lot of that is warranted. But the big story this week wasn't how we're building up for invasion, but how we did a complete policy shift towards Iran. We're sitting at a table to discuss Iraq with Iran AND Syria. That may sound tiny, but it's a shift from the take-no-prisoners attitude we've seen from State the past few years.

I think they're going for the speak softly, carry big stick method. Iran has violated the UN on nuclear development, and they're providing weapons to insurgents in Iraq. If anything, we have more grounds to invade them than we did Iraq! We need to let them think that their security could be at risk, otherwise our words have no teeth to them.

However, I too haven't been watching this super closely. Maybe I'm off.

EDIT: Pardon me...HERSH.