Geez. now the Pentagon's "talking down" the Iran strike stuff

[SoCalDem]

How embarrassing, when the military has to step in and downplay war-rhetoric that Cheney & the warpigs are busily spewing all over the place..

The Pentagon usually TAKES orders, and shuts up.. It must really be HOT in DC, when they dare to step out from behind the curtain, and speak up..

Maybe they DID learn something from the Iraq debacle..

the retirees spoke out, and they were called "has-been hacks".. the enlisted spoke out, and they were called traitors..the senat/house spoke out and they were called soldier-haters, marchers filled the streets and they were called "a few hundred hippie mal-contents"..

I guess the Pentagon decided it HAD to act now ..

Take THAT, Cheney:)


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http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-0&fp=47388499f481afd6&ei=BUI4R8SKGo_sqgP3wdDSCw&url=http%3A//www.ft.com/cms/s/38dd00ca-90a6-11dc-a6f2-0000779fd2ac.html&cid=0&sig2=YSBHHmz34WP2cwuIoezY6w

US strike on Iran ‘not being prepared’

Financial Times, UK - 12 hours ago

The Pentagon is not preparing a pre-emptive attack on Iran in spite of an increase in bellicose rhetoric from Washington, according to senior officers. ...


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US seeks Merkel's backing over Iran
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/7-0&fp=47388499f481afd6&ei=BUI4R8SKGo_sqgP3wdDSCw&url=http%3A//www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml%3Fxml%3D/news/2007/11/10/wmerkel110.xml&cid=1123234037&sig2=sbuXugv5GcrNMC0d10Nt1A
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Nov 9, 2007
The Pentagon has assessed a range of military options. Mr Bush says that America will maximise diplomatic and economic pressure on Iran - but all options ...

[Lerkfish]

1. bravery or misinformation?

always hard to tell anymore.

[SoCalDem]

2. i think the Pentagon's PISSED.. All their "toys" are broken,

they cannot get enough good recruits anymore, their world reputation is shot and the country's in NO mood for another dumb war and the cost to tidy up afterwards.

[LiberalFighter]

4. They got no right to be pissed. They let it happened!!

[SoCalDem]

6. and they're not gonna let it happen again

at least I HOPE that's the plan

[LiberalFighter]

3. Take away Cheney's security clearance so he can't enter the Pentagon and other military bldgs

[madokie]

5. as a first step do that one thing and the whole world will love you

whoever the hell you would be that is.

[SoCalDem]

7. Surely the congress could revoke his clearance.. They SHOULD

have done that the INSTANT they found evidence that he was "involved" with the Plame case

[madokie]

9. yes they should of

as one of our loved fellow DUer's says, politicians and diapers are alike in the sense they both need to be changed regularly, or something like that. :hi: Karl;-)

[Vinca]

8. You know what's sad? I don't believe them. I don't believe anything

out of the White House, the Pentagon and 3/4 of the Congress. For all we know this is a ruse to take the focus off Iran.

[annabanana]

10. You know what's weird? I actually am pulling for the Generals

in the Pentagon. If I were to travel back in time to myself in '68 I'd have slapped my now-self silly for even suggesting such a thing.

[no_hypocrisy]

11. Not to be a spoilsport , but this may be irrelevent if Washington has told Israel

to go ahead and they'll be supported by our military if they are inclined to hit Iran independently.