This is just great. Pretty soon Bush will have us at war with the whole world.

Iran says it is considering a pre-emptive strike against U.S. forces in the Middle East.

Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani warned that Iran might launch a preemptive strike against US forces in the region to prevent an attack on its nuclear facilities.....We will not sit (with arms folded) to wait for what others will do to us. Some military commanders in Iran are convinced that preventive operations which the Americans talk about are not their monopoly," Shamkhani told Al-Jazeera TV when asked if Iran would respond to an American attack on its nuclear facilities.

"America is not the only one present in the region. We are also present, from Khost to Kandahar in Afghanistan; we are present in the Gulf and we can be present in Iraq." said Shamkhani, speaking in Farsi to the Arabic-language news channel through an interpreter.

Update: Salon's Mark Follman has more on Iran and the possibility of war.