April 12, 2011 10:37AM # Tuesday Links By George Scoville --- SHARE - A bombing campaign by either Israel or the United States would [rally the Iranian people](http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/how-close-did-the-united-states-come-launching-war-against-i-5141) to support an otherwise unpopular and incompetent regime. - What else will it take to [rally the so-called fiscal hawks](http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2011/04/biggest-cut-history-long-shot/) to the cause of reducing spending, balancing the budget, and averting national bankruptcy? - Senator Franken’s Pay for War Resolution is a superficially a step in the right direction; but when it comes to war, the Senate could probably easily [rally a 60-vote supermajority](http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/pay-the-wars-5136) to override any offset requirements. - It should be easy to [rally around Paul Ryan’s Medicare choice plan](http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/medicare_cpr_H1gWCBt7NyjF97Hym6d3hP), since seniors will lose benefits in the long run anyway. - Tax reform proposals are [rallying back](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGIfbAt8voU) on both sides of the aisle–will any of them stick? [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).