by Michael O’McCarthy
Check out this Democrats.com piece, "Stop Bush's 'October Surprise' Attack on Iran":
Pentagon planners have moved from routine 'contingency' war plans to 'second-stage' war plans. And the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier U.S.S. Eisenhower and its accompanying strike force of cruiser, destroyer and attack submarine are sailing towards Iran.Why would Bush want war with Iran? To prevent Democrats from sweeping the November elections, as all polls now predict.
"How would Bush start a war? By provoking an Iranian attack on U.S. forces - most likely by sending a U.S. warship near Iranian waters, or flying a U.S. warplane near Iranian airspace. After all, Bush planned to send a U.S. spyplane over Saddam Hussein's Iraq painted in U.N. colors to provoke an Iraqi attack that would get Bush the U.N. resolution he desperately wanted."
This story follows the earlier report at Democracy Now, last April. In it were these quotes from retired Colonel Sam Gardiner on Iran War Plans:
"The Issue is Not Whether the Military Option Would Be Used But Who Approved the Start of Operations Already"
Retired Air Force Colonel Sam Gardiner says a military operation has already begun inside Iran. Gardiner says,
