Bush said yesterday that he has made it clear to everybody involved, including Israel, that he would prefer to solve the "conflict" with Iran diplomatically. He has made it clear that talking to Iran isn’t going to happen either. That takes care of diplomacy.

If, God forbid, Israel should bomb Iran, Iran has promised to close the Strait of Hormuz and Bush has promised to call that an act of war by Iran and that he will keep the Strait open with military force if need be. You can see where this will lead unless God does forbid Israel from bombing Iran. God hasn’t ever stopped a war that I can remember but either Bush or Congress could do the forbidding. All we need to do is close Iraqi airspace to Israeli bombers. We do control Iraqi airspace to where nothing larger than a sparrow flies there without our OK.

Bush won’t do that but Congress could. Otherwise, welcome to World War III.

Sleep well tonight.

Pat Chandler