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05/28/2003 Archived Entry: "White House criticizes Iran's steps against al Qaeda"

THE NEXT WAR?: There are plenty of people who believed that Iran should have been ahead of Iraq on the targets list and they have some compelling arguments for it, such as the advanced state of Iran's nuclear weapons program. Well, they may get their wish, albeit belatedly. The United States stated Tuesday that it is continuing diplomatic negotiations to get Iran to deal responsibly with a number of al-Qaida terrorists that are currently in that country. We know they're there considering Iran admitted to holding a number in custody, an admission made after they denied it.

Officially, the White House says there is no change in its policy, as this CNN story states. I think the Bush administration, concerned about a war weary population, is probably not considering an immediate war. It's also probably hoping that the continued protests against the theocratic regime continues and that Iranian President Mohammed Khatami makes some headway in reforming the country, however unlikely that is. We may have to wait to see the next member of the Axis of Evil to fall.

There is one interesting piece of bright news for the hawks however. CNN's current poll asking "Is harboring al Qaeda members grounds for military action against Iran?" has garnered 61 per cent in favor of a war and 39 opposed. Perhaps America's population isn't that war weary.