Is Iran Next?

Shortly after I posted on Saddam Hussein's desire for Iraq to use the Euro instead of the US Dollar for reserve currency, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a similar statement.

Devaluation Of The Dollar

Just to make you feel better, if the U.S. was using the Euro right now, one gallon of gasoline would cost $2.58.

Saddam Hussein was about to discontinue using the US Dollar as it reserve currency for trading in exchange for the Euro. Maybe he was on to something...

John McCain: Foreign Policy Expert

Here's what he told CNN in 2002:

"I am very certain that this military engagement will not be very difficult. It may entail the risk of American lives and treasure, but Saddam Hussein is vastly weaker than he was in 1991. He does not have the support of his people."

"And I'd ask one question: What member of the Iraqi army is willing to die for Saddam Hussein when they know he's going to be taken out? So I don't think it's going to be nearly as difficult as some assume."

Interesting to see McCain wondering how many Iraqi soldiers are willing to die for Saddam, while he and the rest of the establishment at least pretend to believe that Iraqi soldiers will be willing to die for Bush, if "trained" (i.e., indoctrinated) sufficiently.