Yes, Bush lackes a pretext. Let's say a military barracks gets bombed or something less extreme. Bush rallies the public. He returns as commander in chief. Remember Mencken about underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
But it is too early for such things. Wait till Sept. or Oct. On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 09:34:41PM -0400, ravi wrote: > 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 -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
