Uh-oh

The US Navy is massing warships, including the nuclear carriers Eisenhower and Truman, near Iran.

This confluence of warships may only be a transfer; but given the G8's condemnation and Israel's naval positioning and alleged pre-basings, I am concerned.

Unless we (and by we, I mean NATO, Israel, and those Gulf allies who want to remain nameless) have special ops and civilian intelligence in place to do the dirty work that smart bombs can't, any preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear centrifuges could be a disaster.

Or, it all could be nothing: a show of force whose political implications will be, in my opinion, nothing but stupid. Bombastic, insincere bullying should be left with the previous administration's 2nd-term failures. And sincere, not-thought-out military actions should be left to its 1st-term debacles. We should not lend our support to such wearying, unproductive nonsense now: all military actions should be approved by Congress (per our constitution).

Either bomb them right or get away. Doing either would make Obama demonstrably better than Bush the Younger.