With apparent government complicity in Tehran, Al Qaeda are slipping into Iran (and Pakistan, which we already knew), according to this article in today's Christian Science Monitor. Perhaps we should not worry about Somalia, or even Iraq, for now, and go after the next possible domino in Tehran. It's probably got the most potential for a pro-western government of all the current middle eastern dictatorships, and its situation on the border of Afghanistan, where our enemy is fleeing, makes it a more immediate next war aim.

Why don't you be the first to volunterr for duty in this lovely little war you anticipate, Rand? Or would that get in the way of your "warblogging"?

This isn't a warblog--it's just a blog that occasionally discusses the war.

But there are plenty of people in Iran who would be happy to help overthrow their tyrannical government, as evidenced by their street demonstrations (just as we didn't need to expend much American blood to restore at least a semblance of freedom in Afghanistan). I think it quite possible if not likely that, the Iranian people having seen what just happened over the border in Iran, the mullahs could fall almost bloodlessly with nothing more than the threat. And even if we did need to send in American troops, plenty have already volunteered, so they have no need for an older, out-of-shape guy like me.

Anyway, Justin, how do you propose that we deal with people who have pledged to kill us, have demonstrated a propensity to do so, and then are harbored by inimical governments?

Do you think that the folks over at Samizdata have betrayed The True Libertarian Faith as well?

Oh, and, by the way, you might want to learn how to spell "volunteer."