As James Lileks so cleverly put it in his blog posting of February 3, "Welcome to the Axis of Damn Well Better Get Your Act Together!" That would be you, Iran.
President Bush and Secretary of State Rice have laid it on the line about as plainly as I've ever heard politicians speak. In fact, there isn't much left for Iran to say except, "Here are the keys to our reactor plants."
It would be nice if "the globe" was with us on this one, but I suspect it won't much matter when the chips are down. One mid-September day nearly four years ago, President Bush stood on the hot and smoking pile that had been the Twin Towers, hugged rescue workers, wept with grieving families, and made a promise. When he called to the nation through that bullhorn, "Soon, the whole world will hear you," he proved in short order that he meant it.
Iran, I hope that you've been paying attention.
