Agreed bodrul,

I don't think iran will start a fight, even with russian backing.

However, I'm really not sure that israel thinks the same way.

The "leaked" white house document last year is the worrying aspect - it could have been a false flag, or they could have been sending more warnings, but the series of events seems to point in only one direction - conflict.

I really hope the parties involved pull back and have a good think - although with bush and putin as the main (vicarious) protagonists, that seems a distant possibility.

[edit on 19/1/2008 by budski]