Americans don't trust Bush to deal with Iran. Whatever.

From Bloomberg:

A majority of those surveyed -- 56 percent -- said Iraq is now in a civil war, and just 37 percent said they believe Bush when he says a lot of progress is being made there, down from 45 percent who said they believed him in January.

Forty-eight percent said they would support military action against Iran if it continues to produce material that can be used to develop a nuclear bomb, down from 57 percent in January. Forty percent oppose military action, up from 33 percent in January.

A majority -- 54 percent -- said they ``don't trust'' Bush to make the right decision about whether the U.S. should go to war with Iran, compared with 42 percent who said they do trust him. Forty percent said the Iraq experience had made them less supportive of military action against Iran, while 38 percent said it had no impact. The poll surveyed 1,357 American adults by telephone April 8-11 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

With all the uncertainty and fear about Bush's plans regarding Iran, one thing is certain. Whether he sends in troops, relies on air power, or decides to use nuclear weapons, there will be no widespread pre-war debate as there was with Iraq. The world will wake up one morning to discover that Bush has just gone and done it. The way he figures it, we won't be receptive to what he has to say in the first place, so why bother saying it at all?

If Seymour Hersh got it right, Bush thinks he is the messiah. He believes he holds the salvation of the world in his hands. He won't let anything distract him from forging his legacy.

This time, the smoking gun really will be a mushroom cloud. That gun, ironically, will be in America's hand.