CBS: Sy Hersh To Report U.S. Planning Iran Military Action

On Friday, the CBS News editorial board interviewed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. During the questioning, one of the board members said to Rice:

Iran is still increasingly in the news, both with the President being here and we understand there's an article coming out in The New Yorker next week, Sy Hirsch [sic] talking about plans the Administration is making to go into Iran in a military way. Can you talk to us anything about the situation in Iran and the United States?

Rice responded with the common refrain that "the President doesn't take any option off the table, but we still believe that the diplomatic track has legs and can still resolve this if we remain very tough on that track."

Comments

[Where is Jesus?]

Hey what about that? Oh wait, uh uhmmm, oh yeah, but what about Britney?

[Ramirez]

Didn't Hersh write this same article last year?

[plainsman]

Let the media start the countdown to Unshock and Pawn.

[plainsman]

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/04/17/060417fa_fact

Yep.

[outnow]

The "wounded animal" theory of the Bush Administration is that a weakened Bush is more likely to turn on his tormentors.

An attack on Iran would put a stop to those Waxman subpoenas, assist Israel, get control of more oil and natural gas, stop Conyers' investigations, cover over the failures in Iraq, postpone the 2008 elections, justify the imposition of martial law, stifle dissent, enrich defense contractors, intimidate the rest of the world, destroy international law...its has real potential and sounds like a plan.

Thanks, Hillary, BushCo owes you and Bill one.

[itmaybetoolate]

No, not the same article. The previous one explored the various factors that might lead to an attack. He has been following this story for a while. Here is the link:

http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/66/23964

[ZingoBonMot]

I wish there were a way to identify all of these "consultants" (the ones Sy refers to) by name. Who do they work for? What's their angle? What's in it for the various right wing "think tanks" "contributing" to White House policy? Who funds them? That sort of information could be very illuminating.