New Sisyphus: On Bush's state of the Union address

New Sisyphus, member of the U.S. State Department's Republican underground, has some excellent commentary about George W Bush's State of the Union address. My favorite part was where he commented on the remarks Bush directed toward Iran:

By far and away the most heartening part of the speech. Once again, the President demonstrated that he understands the threat the terrorist regime of Iran presents and, once again, he has proved himself up to the task of facing it down. The President spoke simple, plain words, and the simple plain truth when he said:

Today, Iran remains the world's primary state sponsor of terror — pursuing nuclear weapons while depriving its people of the freedom they seek and deserve. We are working with European allies to make clear to the Iranian regime that it must give up its uranium enrichment program and any plutonium re-processing, and end its support for terror. And to the Iranian people, I say tonight: As you stand for your own liberty, America stands with you.

Let us translate this for you: Iran is a terrorist state that denies basic liberty to its people. We're willing to give the EU a shot at solving this problem since there is a high likelihood of an internal revolution solving our problem for us, but, bottom line is that if Iran keeps on the course it's now on, we'll take care of the problem ourselves, in time-honored American style (if you're uncertain what that is, find an elderly German or Japanese man to explain it to you[emphasis mine—johnh]). And, by the way, that internal revolution we are hoping for? Well, we're for it, we support it, and when you make your move we'll be there to help.

Heh, heh, Heh, Heh, Heh. " find an elderly German or Japanese man to explain it to you". I liked that touch!