2007 = the year of Iran

From the Washington Post:

Some senior administration officials still relish the notion of a direct confrontation. One ambassador in Washington said he was taken aback when John Hannah, Vice President Cheney's national security adviser, said during a recent meeting that the administration considers 2007 "the year of Iran" and indicated that a U.S. attack was a real possibility. Hannah declined to be interviewed for this article.

Somehow I don't think Iran will take this distinction as being quite the same as Columbus might feel about this being Columbus day.