Not contented by the Senate’s recent threat to “‘combat, contain and [stop]’ Iran via ‘military instruments,’” nor by the constant attempts of Fox News to promote war with Iran, the Wall Street Journal writes today, the President “has an obligation to do whatever it takes to stop [Iran].”

With shrill rhetoric, the WSJ argues for the declaration of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization and faults Bush for not blocking Mohamed ElBaradei’s nomination as chief the IAEA over John Bolton’s “warnings.” “Now, the U.S. has to live with his pro-Iranian machinations,” the WSJ writes.

The WSJ ought to be reminded: while they were trumpeting the cause for war with Iraq, it was El Baradei who “spoke up against the White House’s campaign of misinformation” and provided “intelligence that shot down White House rationales for going to war.” And it was El Baradei who was right.

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