Drumbeats (Updated and Kicked to the Top) 1
They want more war. Seymour Hirsch:
The President’s position, and its corollary—that, if many of America’s problems in Iraq are the responsibility of Tehran, then the solution to them is to confront the Iranians—have taken firm hold in the Administration. This summer, the White House, pushed by the office of Vice-President Dick Cheney, requested that the Joint Chiefs of Staff redraw long-standing plans for a possible attack on Iran, according to former officials and government consultants. The focus of the plans had been a broad bombing attack, with targets including Iran’s known and suspected nuclear facilities and other military and infrastructure sites. Now the emphasis is on “surgical†strikes on Revolutionary Guard Corps facilities in Tehran and elsewhere, which, the Administration claims, have been the source of attacks on Americans in Iraq. What had been presented primarily as a counter-proliferation mission has been reconceived as counterterrorism.
We are led by warmongers.
God help us all.
Via Dan Froomkin.
Addendum, 10/2/2007:
Hear Mr. Hersh interviewed on today’s Fresh Air. From the website:
Hersh exposed the Abu Ghraib prison scandal and covers the administration closely. He’s a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and the recipient of five George Polk Awards, two National Magazine Awards and a dozen other prizes. His most recent book, Chain of Command, is a detailed analysis of events at Abu Ghraib.
October 1, 2007 at 8:11 pm
Don’t worry. The rumors I’ve heard (maybe you posted them) are of a three-day blitzkrieg of round the clock bombing, over quickly and painlessly.