Tony Blair sums it up

This is why I love Tony Blair:

In response to a question about the explosive declaration by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad regarding Israel being "wiped off the map", Mr. Blair had this to say,"If they carry on like this the question people will be asking us is — when are you going to do something about Iran? Can you imagine a State like that with an attitude like that having nuclear weapons?”

Yes! That's exactly it, Tony. Tell people exactly what they're about to think, and make them believe it.

Then let's go after the bastards.

More here, and the inimitable take of the Jawas should also not be missed.

The issue of Iran is quite a thorny one, many people believe that were it not for the Mullahs Iran might be the most pro-democracy and pro-US county in the middle east region due to the large number of US educated adults who make up the upper and middle classes of Iran from the days before the Ayatollah. This is one of the reasons the US hasn't been as hard on Iran as on some of her neighbors. Clearly Ahmadinejad just made himself and his country more of a target.

Cowards seem to have a hard time learning that whole "Let sleeping dogs lie" analogy.