You have to do Kremlinology with the neocons. Study the pictures, see who’s missing.
Well, the latest Commentary I got has as its lead coverline, "Stopping Iran: Why the Case for Military Action Still Stands," by one Norman Podhoretz. If you read the article, though, it’s not a consideration of "a case for military action" still standing. It is that case. Podhoretz is emphatic that we have the same opportunity to stop Iran now as England and France had to stop Hitler in 1938. Ah, calm thinking. Between bombing Iran and letting Iran get the bomb, "there is simply no contest," Podhoretz says. But we must "summon up the courage to see what is staring us in the face and act on what we see."
So you see, Commentary’s headline is deceptive, and suggests a meditation rather than a call-to-arms. The accurate headline for this hysterical farrago would have been, "Why We Must Bomb Iran," or "Why We Must Bomb Iran Before It Gets the Bomb," or some such. I believe that even the neocons are somewhat embarrassed about their track record, and leery of the feverish drum-banging for another Middle East shebang.
