Opposition to Iran Attack
by Robert Parry
consortiumnews.com
Excerpt:
A number of U.S. military leaders have waged an extraordinary behind-the-scenes resistance
to what they fear is a secret plan by George W. Bush to wage war against Iran.
One intelligence source told me that Joint Chiefs chairman, Gen. Peter Pace, has explored the
possibility of resigning if Bush presses forward with air attacks against Iran, a war strategy
that might be done in coordination with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
The Pentagon brass is raising an alarm over how stretched the U.S. military has become because of
fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, suggesting that another front in Iran could add to American vulnerabilities.
One intelligence source directed me to a paragraph in Seymour Hersh’s new article in The New Yorker,
referring to Bush’s order for hair-trigger preparations so he can attack Iran within 24 hours.
#board-2412
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle
