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Many people in the antiwar movement try to reassure themselves:Bush cannot possibly attack Iran because he doesn't have the means to do so,or,perhaps,even he is not foolish enough to engage in such an enterprise.Various illogical reasons are put forward,such as:"If he attacks,the Shiites in Iraq will cut the US supply lines.If he attacks,the iranians will block the Straits of Hormuz.Russia won't allow such an attack.China won't allow it-they will dump the dollar.The Arab World will Explode"... Al this is doubtful!The Shiites in Iraq are not simply obedient to Iran.As for blocking the Straits,this will just be another reason for more bombing of Iran.China is solely concerned with its own development and won't drop the dollar for non-economic reasons.Most Arab goverments,if not their populations,will look favorably on seeing the Iranian Shiite leadership stoped.Those governments have sufficient police forces to control terrorists opposition.In France,moreover,the secular left is,in the main,gung-ho against Iran for theusual reasons(women,religion).There will be no large-scale demonstrations in France either before or after the bombing.And,without French support,Germany-where the war is probably very unpopular-can always be silenced with memories of the Holocaust,so that no significant opposition to the war will come from Europe(except possibly from its Muslim population,wich will be one more argument to prove that they are BACKWARD,EXTREMISTS,and enemies of our democratic civilization.)All the signposts for attacking Iran are in place.The country has been thoroughly demonized.That in itself is enogh to neutralize a large part of the American left.The issue of course is not whether Iran is nice or not according to our views-but whether there is any legal reason to attack it.Israel want Iran attacked for its political crimes-supporting Palestinian extremists