Reply #6: Cheney told Pentagon what to expect last summer: [View All]

[yurbud]

At the time, no one thought the Bushies were this stupid given the quagmire in Iraq. Since then, Sy Hersh has proven key elements of this with the exception of the trigger--the terrorist attack.

I hope there are enough people in the CIA and Pentagon who put loyalty to their country ahead of loyalty to Cheney and the Tard King. That could be likely given that the Bushies have missed no opportunity to humiliate and betray both.

KEY EXCERPTS:

The Pentagon, acting under instructions from Vice President Dick Cheney's office, has tasked the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) with drawing up a contingency plan to be employed in response to another 9/11-type terrorist attack on the United States. The plan includes a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons. Within Iran there are more than 450 major strategic targets, including numerous suspected nuclear-weapons-program development sites. Many of the targets are hardened or are deep underground and could not be taken out by conventional weapons, hence the nuclear option.

As in the case of Iraq, the response is not conditional on Iran actually being involved in the act of terrorism directed against the United States.

Several senior Air Force officers involved in the planning are reportedly appalled at the implications of what they are doing--that Iran is being set up for an unprovoked nuclear attack--but no one is prepared to damage his career by posing any objections.


FULL TEXT:

http://www.amconmag.com/2005_08_01/article3.html