U.S. and Israel at Odds over Iran

David Ignatius has posted an Op-Ed at the Washington Post describing the depressing results of a simulation game at Harvard about the looming confrontation over Iran's nuclear program.

It appears that Iran holds most of the chips in this game. Here's Ignatius' summary of the exercise:

My scorecard had Team Iran as the winner and Team America as the loser. The U.S. team -- unable to stop the Iranian nuclear program and unwilling to go to war -- concluded the game by embracing a strategy of containment and deterrence. The Iranian team wound up with Russia and China as its diplomatic protectors. And the Israeli team ended in a sharp break with Washington.

Ignatius' essay did not discuss the reaction of American Christian Zionists to the scenario proposed.

You can be sure that they will demonstrate more loyalty to Israeli interests than to American interests. They are on a countdown to Armageddon.