Iran -- is it already happening? (Hullabaloo)

[phantom power]

This would be like Cambodia all over again. But worse. Maybe a lot, lot worse.

My tin foil hat is beeping and honking like crazy right now. These generals coming forward is huge.

I really think it's possible that Bush and Rummy have already got a secret war going on, one that has not been revealed to congress in any form. It's designed that way. Bush is not going to fire Rummy --- he can't. He's already committed himself to this thing. This could be the ultimate action of the unitary executive.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_digbysblog_archive.html#114504674614060703

[Perky]

1. I doubt it

That nutcase in Tehran would be be all over it if there was even a border
skirmish.

[jsamuel]

2. not if we were using terrorist groups to bomb Iran for us... like rawstory

said yesterday

[serryjw]

3. What is Congress for?

Bushit has already said that he doesn't NEED their approval.

[HereSince1628]

4. At this point I'm sure we have eyes on the ground in Iran. But

I seriously doubt they are fighting a secret war. Iran wouldn't let it be secret.

[cornermouse]

5. How long were we in Iraq before the American people were told?

:tinfoilhat:

[sandnsea]

6. And what didn't they find?

And why haven't we asked that very obvious question. When the special ops recon didn't find WMD in Iraq, why'd we go in anyway.

I have it from a military person that I trust that it's true.

[cornermouse]

8. Bush is talking about it.

I figure chances are good we're already there.

[Jigarotta]

7. didn't Sy Hersch say that there are boots on the ground

in Iran right now?

And if I recall correctly, the Iraq war started well before Bush's announcement.

links/links, no links, sorry.

[allemand]

9. "I think the decision has been made and military operations are under way"

(Fmr. U.S. Air Force colonel) SAM GARDINER: Sure. Actually, Jim, I would say -- and this may shock some -- I think the decision has been made and military operations are under way. (...) The secretary point is, the Iranians have been saying American military troops are in there, have been saying it for almost a year. I was in Berlin two weeks ago, sat next to the ambassador, the Iranian ambassador to the IAEA. And I said, "Hey, I hear you're accusing Americans of being in there operating with some of the units that have shot up revolution guard units."

He said, quite frankly, "Yes, we know they are. We've captured some of the units, and they've confessed to working with the Americans."

The evidence is mounting that that decision has already been made, and I don't know that the other part of that has been completed, that there has been any congressional approval to do this.

My view of the plan is, there is this period in which some kinds of ground troops will operate inside Iran, and then what we're talking about is the second part, which is this air strike.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/14/ywt.01.html