Attacking Iran

Andrew Sullivan gets it.

Update: I guess he took the post down? It's still in my RSS reader, though. Here's what he said:

Attack Iran!

That's NRO's Andy McCarthy's take on the Petraeus testimony. He cites this comment from the general: We cannot win Iraq solely in Iraq.

I predict an echoing chorus from the far right. In fact, I think Petraeus' testimony and the administration's agenda makes the most sense if you see all of this as a prelude to the wider war that Cheney desperately wants. If you keep Iraq occupied, the chances of a casus belli against Iran increase. And a casus belli is what they want. A huge component of the Bush administration's desire to stay indefinitely in Iraq is to launch a war against Iran.