I am not planning on this becoming a strictly political Blog, (Lord knows there are plenty of them out there) but is anyone else concerned about the actions of Swinging Dick Cheney?
Seems Dick has his bionic heart set on nuking Iran. This is from the "American Conservative" magazine and was written by Philip Giraldi: (via justinlogan.com) [UPDATE 1/6/07 1:04pm]
"The Pentagon, acting under instructions from Vice President 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 attack on the U.S. The plan includes a large scale air assault on Iran using both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons....the response is not conditional on Iran actually being involved in the act of terrorism directed against the U.S. Air Force officers involved in the planning are reportedly appalled at the implications of what they are doing - that Iran is being setup for an unprovoked nuclear attack - but no one is prepared to damage his career by posing any objections."
Holy shit!! These bastards are nuts. Note to Dick Cheney - just because you are about to die, doesn't mean you get to take all of us with you.
Who the hell is Dick Cheney to be giving these directives? Isn't he just the VP? Shouldn't he be more interested in going to the Grand Opening ceremonies for the new Walmart? Here Dick, take this shotgun and blast the big red ribbon. Shouldn't the President be giving these directives?. Oh, wait... Never mind.
Strike Iran with nukes regardless of their involvement!?!?! WTF, that is crazy. I can sort of see it if they were involved in a terrorist act, but to nuke them for shits and giggles? Stop the insanity.
Lastly, no one in the Pentagon has the 'nads to object to this plan for fear of career suicide!?!? Great. This really fosters an environment for open discussion on strategy and policy. They listen to the commanders on the field until they disagree with them.
January 2009 can't come fast enough. I just hope we are all here to see it.
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Please post entire source information for your "American Conservative" quote from Philip Giraldi. A link would be appreciated.
Thanks, but I found it at Google and the original source was The American Conservative, Deep Background, August 1st edition. The link is http://www.amconmag.com/2005_08_01/article3.html. Interestingly, I can't find another reference to the "reported" task of STRATCOM so far, outside of commentary about Giraldi's column. What became of his revelation?
By the way, the blog looks good.
Jeff
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