To Bush, Iran not as much of a threat as Iraq was

The GOP are getting a little ticked off, as they should, because the President is not taking the same tough stance on Iran as he did with Iraq.  Almost every single Middle East expert in this country in 2003 through that Iran presented more of a threat to U.S. security through its ties to terrorism than Iraq.  There are two obvious reasons for Bush's soft stance on Iran:

• The invasion of Iraq was planned out by the neo-conservatives years prior to the invasion.  Iran was never a target, but rather a rhetorical toy to put into the 'Axis of Evil' speech.
• Both George W. Bush and Karl Rove know that they do not have the political capital to approach Iran with the same aggressive policy.

As of now, threatening military action against Iran would be useless because they know that our armed forces are over-extended.  The best we can do is go to the UN and threaten sanctions.