From Newsweek’s “The Hidden War With Iran.”
At least one former White House official contends that some Bush advisers secretly want an excuse to attack Iran. “They intend to be as provocative as possible and make the Iranians do something [America] would be forced to retaliate for,” says Hillary Mann, the administration’s former National Security Council director for Iran and Persian Gulf Affairs. …
A second Navy carrier group is steaming toward the Persian Gulf, and NEWSWEEK has learned that a third carrier will likely follow. Iran shot off a few missiles in those same tense waters last week, in a highly publicized test. With Americans and Iranians jousting on the chaotic battleground of Iraq, the chances of a small incident’s spiraling into a crisis are higher than they’ve been in years.
When the Bombs drop, Caper and Castle will say that they “support our troops”, the regime Bush hates will remain in power for another 20 or 30 years and by all accounts 70 million Iranians will become radicalized. There might be a smattering of protest here which might get covered by the NJ provided no former Playboy Playmates kicks the bucket. Then a few months will pass and Celia Cohen and Ron Williams will have a big old laugh at us poor dumb civilians who think we actually have a say in what the goverment does.