Covert Escalation in Iran

[Tchocky]

Interesting snippet from Gates on action against iran.

"Gates warned of the consequences if the Bush Administration staged a pre-emptive strike on Iran, saying, as the senator recalled, 'We'll create generations of jihadists, and our grandchildren will be battling our enemies here in America.' Gates's comments stunned the Democrats at the lunch, and another senator asked whether Gates was speaking for Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney."Gates's answer, the senator told me, was 'Let's just say that I'm here speaking for myself.'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereport...tsy_gates.html

August - I wouldn't be so quick to disparage Mr Hersh. For every Dark Side of Camelot there's an Abu Ghraib, a My Lai, a KAL 007...