Meanwhile, In Democracy World

Peter Beinart points out:

The best question at last night’s CNN debate in Arizona was [...] asked by Ron Paul to his fellow candidates: If you’re so open to attacking Iran, why not declare war?

A right jolly old elf.
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The grim reality:

Right now the polling shows: 1. That most Americans support a strike on Iran (presumably to prevent it from getting a nuclear weapon) and 2. That most Americans think Iran already has a nuclear weapon. Which is to say, most Americans don’t know what they’re talking about.

Which turns to vain hope in the same paragraph:

 A congressional debate might help people pay closer attention and, perhaps, think a little harder about the potential consequences of a third American war in the Muslim world.

He seems to be expecting Americans to pay attention to something called a "congressional debate." Unless it's like American Idol, nagonna happen.