Today's fun fact: You've probably all heard about Sy Hersh's latest
article in the New Yorker. The one about the Pentagon planning for a strike at Iran's nuclear facilities, and possibly more (general military infrastructure). The method? "commando operations".
There's all sorts of good stuff in the article, like letting Pakistan off the hook for A. Q. Khan's nuclear exports. But the thing that caught our eye was this item, near the end of the report:
Rumsfeld and two of his key deputies, Stephen Cambone, the Under-secretary of Defense for Intelligence, and Army Lieutenant General William G. (Jerry) Boykin, will be part of the chain of command for the new commando operations.
Boykin, the "My god is bigger than his god" general.
posted by Quiddity at 1/17/2005 07:41:00 AM
Thanks for the link to Hersh; as you note, the involvement of Boykin and Cambone is somewhere between stunning and scary.
Another great point Hersh makes is here: "...The government consultant told me that the hawks in the Pentagon, in private discussions, have been urging a limited attack on Iran because they believe it could lead to a toppling of the religious leadership. “Within the soul of Iran there is a struggle between secular nationalists and reformers, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the fundamentalist Islamic movement,” the consultant told me. “The minute the aura of invincibility which the mullahs enjoy is shattered, and with it the ability to hoodwink the West, the Iranian regime will collapse”..."
Yeah, just like the cakewalk in Iraq!!! I can't believe these idiots haven't learned lesson one...
