Who decides on war with Iran?
AntiWar.Com
by Doug Bandow
11/24/06
Iraq is a wreck and Afghanistan is deteriorating, but that doesn't foreclose war with Iran. To the contrary, there is no evidence that the president realizes how much destruction he has wrought. Give him enough time, he seems to believe, and pro-American democracies will bloom across the Mideast. So why not make it a trifecta? Attack Iran, destroy its nuclear facilities, smash the mullahocracy, and establish a liberal society. It's all a fantasy, of course, but no more fantastic than administration policy in Iraq. Assessing the intentions of Washington would be difficult no matter who was president. This administration is even tougher, since policymakers seem fixated on fantasy rather than reality...
http://www.antiwar.com/bandow/?articleid=10052
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Doug Bandow
11/24/06
Iraq is a wreck and Afghanistan is deteriorating, but that doesn't foreclose war with Iran. To the contrary, there is no evidence that the president realizes how much destruction he has wrought. Give him enough time, he seems to believe, and pro-American democracies will bloom across the Mideast. So why not make it a trifecta? Attack Iran, destroy its nuclear facilities, smash the mullahocracy, and establish a liberal society. It's all a fantasy, of course, but no more fantastic than administration policy in Iraq. Assessing the intentions of Washington would be difficult no matter who was president. This administration is even tougher, since policymakers seem fixated on fantasy rather than reality...
http://www.antiwar.com/bandow/?articleid=10052
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 24. Nov, 15:58
