While all the Republican candidates (and one, at least publicly, Democratic candidate) beat the war drums for Iran, the sole dissenter, Ron Paul, is called marginal. Every poll shows the American public now views the Iraq war as a mistake and wants troops out now, yet the politicians either drag their feet on getting out or move to getting this country involved in yet another war. Since politicians always have an eye on the polls and rarely do anything damaging to their electability, this current bunch must either have great convictions or are deeply conditioned to employ fear on the campaign trail. I'm going for pavlovian conditioning rather than conviction.