What’s perhaps most telling about this report from the Jerusalem Post is the way it matter-of-factly assumes than an attack on Iran is already a foregone conclusion:
… Germany’s decision has spurred senior US army officials to try and convince US Foreign Secretary Condoleezza Rice to abandon once and for all the diplomatic route of preventing a nuclear Iran. The report further stated that the date of preference for an attack against Iran is in eight to 10 months – after the US presidential candidates for both the Democrats and the Republicans have been chosen, but before the major presidential campaign kicks off.
The report stated that the attack would be comprised of two main strategies: cutting off the Iranian gas supply, which the US hopes would pressure the Iranian people towards action against their government, and an aerial bombing campaign, which would be meant to paralyze Iranian defenses and allow American bombers to destroy the nuclear facilities.
And 97 Senators that have already given Bush all the cover he needs to do this whenever he wants. I don’t know about you, but I voted for Democrats last November to end the current war, not give Bush the green light start another one.
