A President With A Shaky Past

Mahmoud Ahmedinejad

Five of the former 52 American hostages in Iran recognize this guy as one of their former keepers. He was just elected president of Iran, with the backing of the clerics. The hostages spent 444 days in captivity, released only when Carter finally left the White House.

Hanoi Jane Fonda, friend of the enemies of the U.S. throughout Vietnam and the known world, is expected to deny that Ahmedinejad was involved. (Yeah, that's really his name. On his driver's license, it says "abul hassan banni sadr" which means "name continued on the back".) Fonda will say, "They couldn't recognize him. Look at the pictures: the hostages were always blindfolded."

Me? I'm believing our guys.

So, what should our response be?

• Crash a smart bomb into Iran's "peaceful" nuclear reactor? No, it's been done.
• Take Mahmoud A. hostage? No, GTMO is full.
• Wait, I've got it: NASA is ready to fly the shuttle again, fixed or not. This will strike terror into their black little hearts:

We announce that Tehran is the shuttle's landing site.