At around 9/4/06 3:07 pm, Brian McKenna wrote:
> http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060417fa_fact
>
> THE IRAN PLANS
> Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from
> getting the bomb?
> by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
> Issue of 2006-04-17
> Posted 2006-04-10
>
>
> The Bush Administration, while publicly advocating
> diplomacy in order to stop Iran from pursuing a
> nuclear weapon, has increased clandestine activities
> inside Iran and intensified planning for a possible
> major air attack. Current and former American military
> and intelligence officials said that Air Force
> planning groups are drawing up lists of targets,...
>
Do people really believe that the USA (in particular BushCo) will launch
a war against Iran at this point? I would consider the probability
vanishingly small (for non-exotic reasons: stretched out military, low
popularity ratings, public dismay over Iraq, etc, etc). Of course
generating talk about Iran is probably a good diversionary tactic.
--ravi
