Los Angeles Times on Avoiding WWIII: The war of words against Iran grew scorching this week when President Bush declared that “avoiding World War III” requires preventing that country from developing nuclear weapons. The Bush administration continues to insist that it seeks a diplomatic solution to the Iran crisis. Yet senior US officials increasingly trumpet their frustration with a regime that has grown richer, more willing to challenge the US and interested in filling the power vacuum created by the US overthrow of its longtime nemesis, Saddam Hussein.