by Chris Floyd
An American strike on Iran is coming closer. It probably won't take place in the next few weeks, because Bush is on vacation and will not want to be disturbed. And it probably won't take the form that many have expected (including this writer). But Bush himself has raised the ante in recent days, warning of vague punishments for alleged Iranian misdeeds – and unleashing an outright lie that Iran has openly "proclaimed its desire for nuclear weapons," when of course the very opposite is true. And now McClatchy Newspapers brings fresh confirmation that the decider behind the Decider – Dick Cheney – is calling for airstrikes against Iran. Indeed, it seems Cheney has already chosen the casus belli for such an attack – a provocation that we will doubtless see occurring any day now.
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punditman says: This author explains how a small-scale raid, purportedly to stop "suspected Iranian training camps in Iraq," would not only be more palatable to the American public, it also would not require the usual propaganda build-up needed for a major frontal assault against targets within Iran. In this way, the *Cheney administration* would get their war with Iran via the back door--as escalation would likely follow. For a generally stunned and confused US public, it would then be too late.
