I see and hear it coming ... Iran is the next target!

According to Israel, the Bush administration and more than 90 percent of the U.S. House of Representatives (plus greater than half of the U.S. Senate), Iran should not be allowed to have access to any nuclear technology. No, I did not say "nuclear weapons." I said "nuclear technology."

Without a question, the puzzle pieces are all set in place for a chain of events that will likely lead to nuclear war in the near future. If the picture puzzle depicts what I think it does, , the ultimate culprit will be the United States with Israel being but the trigger man and the target being ... Iran, of course.

Do you need reasons?

You need only go as far as the recently released draft document "Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations" [.pdf], the Pentagon states that it will respond to the threat of WMD (which includes chemical and biological weapons) with nuclear weapons.

But let's add up the reasons stated in that same document:

• "To demonstrate U.S. intent and capability to use nuclear weapons to deter adversary use of WMD."
• "Against an adversary using or intending to use WMD against U.S., multinational, or alliance forces or civilian populations…"
• "[O]n adversary installations including WMD, deep, hardened bunkers containing chemical or biological weapons or the C2 infrastructure required for the adversary to execute a WMD attack against the United States or its friends and allies"
• "[T]o counter potentially overwhelming adversary conventional forces…"
• "For rapid and favorable war termination on U.S. terms…" [Think Iraq!]
• "To ensure success of U.S. and multinational operations…" [Think Iraq!]

That adds up to six reasons (all independent of one another). What do you think is going to happen?